Taichung City Bus

Taichung City Bus (Chinese: 臺中市市區公車; pinyin: Táizhōng Shì Shìqūgōngchē or so called Chinese: 臺中市公車; pinyin: Táizhōng Shì Gōngchē) is managed by the Transportation Bureau, Taichung City Government in Taichung City, Taiwan. This includes bus routes 1–989 which are operated by different bus companies. There're currently 275 bus routes, covering every districts. The main part of the network provides bus service in downtown area, some other routes connect different districts, and the others serve residents in rural or remote area.

Taichung City Bus
臺中市公車
Route 55, a high capacity bus route in Taichung
Founded1958
LocaleTaichung City, Taiwan

Caotun Township, Nantou County, Taiwan Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan Yuanli Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan Zhuolan Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Taian Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Fares

The fares are calculated by mileage per ride. The basic fare is NT$20 for 10 km, and the extended fare is NT$2.431*(1+5% tax included) per km and round to the nearest integer.

From 1 June 2011 to 30 June 2015, taking buses whose route numbers are under 300 with any of four sorts of electronic tickets (including EasyCard (悠遊卡)and I Pass (一卡通), could benefit from a free ride below 8 kilometers.[1] From July 1, 2015, the same benefit extended from 8 km to 10 km, and the range of route numbers are no longer under 300. On Jan. 1, 2021 discounts become limited to Taichung citizens, students whose study is in Taichung, and spouse of non Taiwanese citizen such as other countries, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau whose marriage is with a Taichung resident. Promotion for students who study in Taichung will become unavailable when they graduated. [2]

Operators
List of Taichung City Bus Providers
name translated name number of routes running (May 2017 data) total running mileage in kilometer (May 2017 data) number of vehicles in service (May 2017 data) date established date joining Taichung City Bus network date leaving Taichung City Bus network
臺中汽車客運股份有限公司
台中客運		 Taichung Bus Company, Ltd.
Taichung Bus		 64 1,454.50 407 1 January 1958 18 February 1958
仁友汽車客運股份有限公司
仁友客運		 Ren-Yeou Bus Company, Ltd.
Renyou Bus		 15 297.75 76 31 December 1976 31 December 1976
統聯汽車客運股份有限公司
統聯客運		 United Highway Bus Company Limited
Ubus		 25 489.33 300 6 September 1989 1 August 2002
巨業交通股份有限公司
巨業交通		 Geya Bus Transportation
Geya Bus		 26 582.32 65 7 March 1974 1 March 2004
全航汽車客運股份有限公司
全航客運		 Chuan Hang Bus Company Limited
Chuan Hang Bus		 9 174.00 59 1998 20 March 2004
豐原汽車客運股份有限公司
豐原客運		 Fengyuan Bus Transportation Co., Ltd.
Fengyuan Bus		 88 1958.10 229 22 October 1945 1 January 2010
和欣汽車客運股份有限公司
和欣客運		 HO-HSIN BUS TRAFFIC CO.,LTD.
Ho Hsin Bus		 2 30.60 16 15 December 1999 1 January 2011 29 February 2012
1 March 2013
東南汽車客運股份有限公司
東南客運		 Southeast Bus Company Limited
Southeast Bus		 6 123.70 42 18 June 2002 1 November 2011
豐榮汽車客運股份有限公司
豐榮客運		 Green Transit Co., Ltd.
Green Transit		 4 65.82 25 15 August 1968 1 October 2012
苗栗汽車客運股份有限公司
苗栗客運		 MiaoLi Transportation Co., Ltd.
Miaoli Bus		 3 50.60 4 1935 10 December 2012
中台灣客運股份有限公司
中台灣客運		 Central Taiwan Bus Company Limited
Central Taiwan Bus/CTbus		 20 481.08 101 24 September 2012 27 December 2012
四方股份有限公司
四方客運		 ??
SF E-bus		 1 10.20 5 13 May 2015 30 April 2016
捷順交通股份有限公司
捷順交通		 ??
Jieshun Bus		 6 145.35 30 5 October 2015 30 April 2016
中鹿汽車客運股份有限公司
中鹿客運		 ??
Zhonglu Bus		 3 124.40 19 15 December 1999 1 October 2016
總達客運股份有限公司
總達客運		 ??
Allday Bus		 1 8.00 5 1998 7 March 2017
國光汽車客運股份有限公司
國光客運		 Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation Company Ltd.
Kingbus		 2 40.30 10 15 June 2001 26 May 2017
梨山社區發展協會 Lishan Bus 1 0 1 Dec 2021
建明汽車客運股份有限公司 Free Go Bus 5 0 Nov 1992 11 Nov 2018

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Former Operators
List of Taichung City Bus Providers
name translated name number of routes running (May 2017 data) total running mileage in kilometer (May 2017 data) number of vehicles in service (May 2017 data) date established date joining Taichung City Bus network date leaving Taichung City Bus network
南投汽車客運股份有限公司
南投客運		 NANTOU BUS TRANSPORTATION CO.,LTD.
Nantou Bus		 1 14.60 2 1951 1 September 2014
臺中快捷巴士股份有限公司
臺中快捷巴士		 Taichung Rapid Transit Corporation Limited
Taichung Rapid Transit		 0 0 0 1 October 2012 16 October 2015 30 June 2016
彰化汽車客運股份有限公司
彰化客運		 Chang Hua Bus Company Limited
Chang Hua Bus		 1 19.25 7 1 March 1942 1 January 2009
阿羅哈汽車客運股份有限公司
阿羅哈客運		 Aloha Bus Company, Ltd
Aloha Bus		 0 0 0 1999 10 March 2009 28 February 2013

See also

References
  1. Transportation Bureau-City Bus Fare
  2. "Home". idoor.taichung.gov.tw.
  3. Taichung Bus
  4. Fengyuan Bus
  5. United Bus
  6. Renyeou Bus Zhonglu Bus
  7. Geya Bus
  8. Chuan Hang Bus
  9. Southeast Bus
  10. Green Transit Archived 2014-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Chang Hua Bus
  12. Ho Hsin Bus
  13. Miaoli Bus
  14. Nantou Bus
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