Hsinchu

By bus

From Taipei

The How-Tai Bus Company 豪泰客運NT$110 run a fast, bus company with efficient and very comfortable extra wide seats with personal video screens service from Taipei to Hsinchu. In Taipei, the red buses depart every fifteen minutes from bay 22 at the Taipei Bus Terminal See: Taipei 'Get in'. From Hsinchu, the buses depart from next to the Hsinchu Railway Station when exiting the station, the bus stop is a two minute walk to the left, just past the Hsinchu Bus Station, and makes a stop at the National Tsing Hua University bus station en-route to the freeway. NB: If your ticket is not collected before departure, hang on to it. It will need to be given to the driver when getting off. The journey takes between 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes.

From Taoyuan Taiwan Airport

There are no direct buses from Taoyuan Taiwan Airport Taipei International Airport to Hsinchu, but the U-bus company offers a link, with passengers changing buses at the 'Jhongli Transit Station'.

From Taichung

Taichung Bus 台中客運 and Guoguang Bus 國光客運 connect Hsinchu to Taichung.

By plane

The nearest airport is Taoyuan International Airport, which is about a thirty minute drive in the dead of night with no traffic and a speeding taxi driver. Safest to allow around an hour from Science Park or a little longer from down-town.

By train

The TRA or regular train station is in the city centre and is a major stop on the main line between Taipei and Kaohsiung/Taichung. It costs from NT$114 to NT$180 for an adult and takes approximately one to two hours to get there from Taipei main station, depending upon the type of train you take.

The Taiwan High Speed Rail THSR has a Hsinchu stop located in the neighbouring city of [Chubei] 竹北; zhúbĕi and is approximately 30 minutes by taxi from the city centre. A local train line Liujia Line, opened in late 2011, runs between Hsinchu and Liujia TRA stations Liujia being located less than 100m from the THSR station. The THSR also offers a free shuttle service from the station to Hsinchu approximately every 20 minutes. The journey from Taipei takes approximately 30 minutes (http://www.thsrc.com.tw/e...).

By car

Hsinchu is on the main Taipei - Kaohsiung rail and freeway routes, and it takes about one hour and ten minutes to reach the city from Taipei.

Take highway number 1 or 3. There are two toll gates between Taipei and Hsinchu. Books of 9+1 tickets can be bought at the gates with yellow sign at NT$40 each. Tickets can also be bought at post offices for a little less then NT$40. Tickets holders can use gates with a blue sign.

The speed limit on Highway number one is in general 100km/h and on number 3 110km/h. Speed cameras are active and there are regular speed traps.