Taoyuan International Airport, your landing point in Taiwan, is around 40 km away from Taipei.
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Transportation from Airport to NCCU, there are two options : By Taxi & By Bus and Metro
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By Taxi:
around $1,200 NTD for a one-way trip to the campus. If you have an address to where you would like to go, make sure you print it in Chinese characters and show it to the taxi driver. If you only have the English address or if you are not able to say it right, it can easily be misunderstood and you may end up in Tailand…So, let’s do it!!
Sentences translated:
1. Hello, I would like to go to NCCU in Muzha and this is the address(你好,我要到木柵政治大學,這是地址:台北市文山區指南路二段64號).
(At the NCCU gate, you can also ask to NCCU security guard the location and direction to your dorm, by showing this message in Chinese)
2. My dorm is number ……., Can you please show me the location of my dorm?(我的宿舍是___號,可以請你告訴我在那裡嗎?
NCCUIA also recomends this taxi service “Mrs. Andy” . Mr. Andy is very responsible, has a large car and he speaks English. You can communicate with Mr. Andy by phone or email and give him the information about you flight and the service you need, before you arrive in Taipei. He offers services such as waiting for you at the gate with your name for an easy identification, further needs in Taipei and so on, individual or group tour… . Click here for more information. NCCU IA Taxi service recommendation
- By Public Transportation
- Bus
There are some buses that leave from Taoyuan Airport to Taipei Main Station (台北車站), Taipei’s main public transportation station. From Taipei Main Station you can easily find transportation to go virtually anywhere.
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Exit the airport, walk right – right – left and you will see a bus stop. You can buy a ticket at the register in the waiting room (as seen in the above pictures). It will cost around 125 NTD, and will drop you off in front of Main Station.
If you are going to NCCU, one convenient route would be to take a bus from the airport to ZhongXiao Fuxing MRT Station (忠孝復興捷運站) or Songshan Airport MRT Station
You can also take the bus to the Hyatt Hotel (台北君悅大飯店) which is in front of Taipei 101.
From the airport to Taipei – MRT
Once you get to Taipei area, you can take a taxi, a bus or the MRT. At the MRT you can pay the transportation fee by token or Easy Card, either of which canbe bought at every MRT station. All details: cost, how to pay, etc are HERE.
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Once you arrive at the MRT (subway) station, go to the information booth and show any proof that you are or will be a student. As a proof you can use your letter of acceptance of the university or the certificate of scholarship. Give them $500 NTD and you will get back an “Easy Card”. This card will allow you to use the public transportation system in Taipei, buses and MRT, at a special rate for students - 20% discount on each trip.
Buses generally end service between 10:00PM and 11:30PM, while MRT service ends at around 12:30 AM. Service does not generally resume until 6:00AM. In case you need transportation during bus and MRT non-service hours, you can take a taxi. Taxis add an additional night charge of 20NTD starting at 9 or 10pm.
NCCU
Below is the map of subway in Taipei with localization of NCCU
Bus
From Taipei Main Station, you can take bus number 236 and it will drop you off in front of NCCU.
From MRT Taipei City Hall and Taipei 101 and Hyatt Hotel to NCCU you can take numerous buses:
G (Green)-1
BR (Brown)-7
611
Taxi
The cost of the taxi from Taipei 101 to NCCU will be around $200 NTD.
Take the MRT brown line to MRT Taipei Zoo（動物園站). Then, take the bus (236, 237, 611, 282, BR (Brown)-11, BR (Brown)-6 across the street from the MRT station Taipei Zoo station.
More information about public transportation in Taipei - HERE
