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
Founded	1958
Locale	Taichung City, Taiwan Nantou County, Taiwan Chonghua County, Taiwan 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.

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
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
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
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
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

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History

new made mix bus stop

U bus

Taichung Bus was established in 1958, commissioned by the Taichung Municipal Government to operate high capacity bus services. Renyou Bus was established in 1976 and became the second bus operator of the network. For some 25 years, the network are run by only these two companies. In order to widen the bus service network, the City Government let more bus companies operate since 2002. The number of operators have come to 16 since May 2016.

Notable events

Bus Route 82

Bus Route 55

• 1 January 1958: The first Taichung City Bus operator, Taichung Bus was established.
• 18 February 1958: Taichung City Bus started to operate.
• 31 December 1976: Renyou Bus was established and joined the network.
• 1 August 2003: All buses started to charge by the sections divided, and each section cost NT$13.
• 15 October 2003: Taichung Bus Company experienced a 22-day employers' strike.
• 4 August 2004: Taichung E card system was launched.
• 16 August 2004: Taichung E card applies to routes of Taichung City Bus.
• 17 May 2005: Taichung E Cards are issued to students residing in Taichung City, from Grade 4 Elementary to senior classes.
• 1 June 2005: All buses started to charge by the mileage instead of the sections. Taichung E Card holders were offered free rides on downtown buses for one month.
• 1 July 2005: Taichung E Card availability extend to 10 operators.
• 1 June 2011: Each operators updated the electronic ticket sensors to be available for four sorts of cards(including EasyCard (悠遊卡), Taiwan Easy Go (台灣通, formerly Taichung E Card), I Pass (高捷一卡通), and ETC Card (遠東E通卡)). Passengers riding Taichung City Bus with one of those could benefit from a free ride below 8 kilometers each time.
• 8 July 2015: A free ride below 8 kilometers was extended to 10 kilometers.
• 1 July 2016: Easy Card, I Pass and Taiwan Easy Go Senior Card(台灣通敬老愛心卡) remained in service. Taiwan Easy Go and ETC card went out of service.

Route addition

Bus Route 105

• 1 August 2002: Phase 1 of the high capacity bus (now route 71, 72, 73, 75, 77 and 79) was launched.
• 1 February 2004: Phase 2 of the high capacity bus (now route 33, 60, 68, 70, 81 and 89) was launched.
• 20 March 2004: Route 5, part of phase 2, started operating.
• 23 August 2004: Route 83 started operating.
• 1 November 2004: Route 66, part of phase 2, started operating.
• 21 November 2005: As Taiwan High Speed Rail begin operating, Route 69 and 85 started operating.

2009~2010

• 1 January 2009: Route 99 started operating.
• 10 March 2009: Route 18 started operating.
• 18 May 2009: Route 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 (seven routes of Taichung Transit Jet bus or TTJ bus) and 67 started operating.
• 1 January 2010: Route 58 started operating.
• 1 July 2010: Route 28 started operating.

2011~2012

• 1 January 2011: Route 50 and 215 started operating.
• 14 February 2011: Route 9, 83, and 88 each added a Sub-route.
• 1 June 2011: Route 59 and 277 started operating.
• 28 June 2011: Route 115 started operating.
• 29 August 2011: Route 90, 91, 92, 93 and 235 started operating.
• 1 November 2011: Route 7 started operating.
• 1 December 2011: Route 228 started operating.
• 1 July 2012: Route 63 started operating.
• 1 August 2012: Route Blue 1 (BL1), the first shuttle bus for BRT Blue Line, started operating.
• 30 August 2012: Route 3 started operating.
• 3 September 2012: Route 98 started operating.
• 1 October 2012: Route 127 started operating.
• 31 October 2012: Route 199 started operating.
• 27 December 2012: Route 95 started operating.

2013~2014

• 1 January 2013: Route 100 added a Sub-route.
• 1 February 2013: Route 23 started operating. Route 210 added a Sub-route.
• 1 April 2013: Route 14 added a Sub-route.
• 10 April 2013: Route 150 and 162 started operating.
• 1 July 2013: Route 151, 153 and Sub-route of 153 started operating.
• 1 August 2013: Route 155 started operating.
• 30 August 2013: Route 17, 152 and 154 started operating.
• 29 November 2013: Route 12 started operating.
• 1 January 2014: Route 151 added a Sub-route.
• 10 February 2014: Route 97 started operating.
• 1 March 2014: Route 155 added a Sub-route.
• 28 March 2014: Route 156 started operating.
• 26 June 2014: Route Blue 2 (BL2), started operating.
• 1 July 2014: Route 95 added a Sub-route. Route 214 started operating.
• 15 July 2014: Route 111 started operating.
• 20 July 2014: Route 287 started operating.
• 28 July 2014: BL3, BL5, BL6, BL7, BL9, BL10, BL11, BL12, BL13 started operating.
• 1 August 2014: Route 283 started operating.
• 1 September 2014: Route 39 and 157 started operating.
• 1 October 2014: Route 133 started operating.
• 1 November 2014: Route 123 started operating.

2015~2016

• 15 January 2015: Route 281 added a Sub-route.
• 15 June 2015: Route 32 started operating.
• 1 August 2015: Route 658 started operating.
• 16 October 2015: Route 616 and 617 started operating.
• 1 March 2016: Route 500, 700 and 900 started operating.
• 13 May 2016: Route 659 started operating.
• 2 June 2016: Route 284 started operating.
• 27 June 2016: Route 989 started operating.
• 29 August 2016: Route 821 started operating.
• 1 November 2016: Route 200 which runs on a new path started operating.
• 1 December 2016: Route 85 which runs on a totally different path started operating.

Route transfer from highway bus lines

Bus Route 58

Bus Route 300

Route 40

Bus Route 98

Route transfer from highway bus lines

Date	Former Number	New Number	Operator	Remark
1 January 2011	6502 6503	(55)	Fengyuan Bus
	6505 6569	206, (55)
	6507	207, (55)
	6541 6570	208, (55)
	6549	212
	6552	213
	6557	217
	6560	225
	6566	226
	6571	258
	6567	267
	6576	268
	6205	105	Renyou Bus
	6210	125
14 February 2011	6100	100	Taichung Bus
	6101	101
	6106	106
	6107	107
	6131	131
	6132	132
	6146	146
1 June 2011	6580 6582	270	Fengyuan Bus
	6584 6592	271
	6581	276
	6512	280
	6509	285
	6510	286
	6517	289
	6352	168	Geya Bus
	6353	169
1 December 2011	6538	229	Fengyuan Bus
	6545	230
	6546	231
	6548	232
1 January 2012	6142	142	Taichung Bus
	6147	147
	6163	163
1 July 2012	6600	209	Fengyuan Bus
	6537	218
	6645	221
	6644	222
	6643	223
	6646	227
	6575	256
	6598	257
	6574	260
	6605	261
	6585	262
1 October 2012	6559	170	Fengyuan Bus
	6558	171
	6561	172
	6562	173
	6534	182
	6544	183
	6535 6550	185
	6532	186
	6554	210
	6551 6563	211
	6553	216
	6568	219
	6572	266
1 November 2012	6258	158	Chuan Hang Bus
1 December 2012	6855	128	Taichung Bus
10 December 2012	5817	181	Miaoli Bus
1 January 2013	6863	102	Taichung Bus
	6873	108
	6500 6501	200	Fengyuan Bus
	6504	202
	6603	203
	6539 6599	220
	6530 6536	236
	6522 6543	237
	6531	238
	6533	239
	6577	250
	6578	251
	6601	252
	6579	253
	6590	263
	6583	265
	6604	269
	6589	272
	6597	273
	6587	275
	6586	278
	6594	279
	6523	281
	6524	282
	6525	283
	6511	(285)
	6513 6514	288
	6527	290
	6528	291
16 January 2013	6355	176	Geya Bus
	6356	177
	6360	180
1 March 2013	6540	240	Fengyuan Bus
	6588	264
	1658	159	Ubus
	7507	160	Ho Hsin Bus
	7508	161
18 March 2013	6377	164	Geya Bus
	6378	165
	6361	166
	6380	167

Route combination and route number altering

Bus Route Blue 2 (now 11)

Bus Route 106 (now 323)

Bus Route 306

Bus Route 32

Bus Route 54

• 1 September 2005: Route 105 and 145 run by Taichung Bus Company was combined and renumbered Route 9.
• 1 July 2008: Route 102 was renumbered Route 82.
• 1 May 2011: The Sub-routes of Route 88 and 9 were renumbered Route 57 and 6.
• 1 September 2011: Shuttle bus of Route 83 was renumbered Route 86, and the Sub-route of Route 83 was renumbered Route 87.
• 28 November 2011: Highway bus line 6115 was combined to City Bus Route 115.
• 1 February 2013: Route 173 and 172 were combined to be Route 172.
• 30 August 2013: Route 282 and Route 283 were combined to be Route 282.

List of number altering routes along Taiwan Boulevard

There were two phase of large change of a few routes' numbers when the BRT system was introduced on 28 July 2014, and when the BRT system was roughly suspended on 8 July 2015.
Former Number	28 July 2014	8 July 2015	Remark
57	57	307
86	86	301
		326
169	169	306
83	83	303
	Blue 12
88	88	304
	Blue 7
168	168	305
	Blue 6		The path of Route Blue 6 is same as section of Route 168.
87	cancelled	308	Half of the former path of Route 87 was replaced, and renumbered Blue 13.
	Blue 13		The former Route 87 was restored with almost the same path and renumbered 308.
		359	The substitute section of Route 87/Blue 13 was renumbered 359.
106	cancelled	323	Half of the former path of Route 106 was replaced, and renumbered Blue 9.
	Blue 9		The former Route 106 was restored with almost the same path and renumbered 323.
		354	The substitute section of Route 106/Blue 9 was renumbered 354.
146	cancelled	324	Half of the former path of Route 146 was replaced, and renumbered Blue 10.
	Blue 10		The former Route 146 was restored with almost the same path and renumbered 324.
		356	The substitute section of Route 146/Blue 10 was renumbered 356.
147	cancelled	325	Half of the former path of Route 147 was replaced, and renumbered Blue 11.
	Blue 11		The former Route 147 was restored with almost the same path and renumbered 325.
		357	The substitute section of Route 147/Blue 11 was renumbered 357.
150	cancelled	302	Half of the former path of Route 150 was replaced.
	150		The former path of Route 150 was restored slightly different and renumbered 302.
		358	The substitute section of Route 150 was renumbered 358.
	Blue 2	11
	Blue 1	351
	Blue 3	352
	Blue 5	353
	BRT Blue Line	300

• 1 December 2015: Route 175, 176 and 177 were combined to be Route 677.
• 1 August 2016: Route 16, 21 and 31 were combined to be Route 21.
• 1 November 2016: Route 200 was renumbered Route 771.

Route cancellation and restoration

Bus Route 155

Bus Route 39

Bus Route 180

Bus Route 82

• 26 June 2006: Route 34 of Taichung Bus and Roue 6, 10, and 38 of Renyou Bus ended operating.
• 1 January 2007: Route 2, 11, 42 and 89 of Renyou Bus ended operating.
• 1 May 2007: Route 89 were restored by Renyou Bus.
• 10 January 2008: Route 61 of Renyou Bus ended operating.
• 1 July 2008: Route 61 were restored by Ubus.
• 1 November 2008: Taichung Bus suspended Route 66. Renyou Bus ran the route temporarily, and Taichung Bus later restored it.
• 10 November 2008: Route 103, 108, and 136 of Taichung Bus ended operating.
• 1 January 2010: Route 57 was cancelled.
• 5 December 2011: Route 22 of Renyou Bus were cancelled.
• 16 October 2013: Route 291 was cancelled.
• 1 July 2014: Sub-route of Route 90 and Route 259, 268 were cancelled.
• 28 July 2014: Route 87, 106, 146 and 147 were cancelled.
• 1 September 2014: Route 221, 230, 231 were cancelled.
• 1 April 2015: Route 115 was cancelled.
• 1 February 2016: Route 256 and 257 were cancelled.

Route extension

Route shortening

Route ownership transfer

Route ownership transfer

Date of Transfer	Route Number	Former Owner	New Owner	Remark
1 January 2010	51	Chang Hua Bus	Fengyuan Bus
	52	Ubus	Chang Hua Bus
1 January 2011	54	Taichung Bus	Ho Hsin Bus
	55	Ubus	Fengyuan Bus
1 March 2012	54	Ho Hsin Bus	Taichung Bus
7 October 2012	67	Geya Bus	Southeast Bus
1 March 2013	18	Aloha Bus	Ubus
17 April 2013	Suffering financial situations, Renyou Bus could not afford running all of its 15 routes any longer. Transportation Bureau immediately made 11 of the 15 routes ran temporarily by other operators.
	Route Number	Former Owner	Temporary Operator	Remark
	1	Renyou Bus	Taichung Bus
	20	Renyou Bus	Fengyuan Bus
	25	Renyou Bus	Taichung Bus
	29	Renyou Bus	Chang Hua Bus
	31	Renyou Bus	Fengyuan Bus
	37	Renyou Bus	Chuan Hang Bus
	40	Renyou Bus	Green Transit
	48	Renyou Bus	Chuan Hang Bus
	72	Renyou Bus	Taichung Bus
	89	Renyou Bus	Taichung Bus
	125	Renyou Bus	Taichung Bus
29 April 2013	Renyou Bus released those 11 routes. Transportation Bureau selected a few operators for permanent routes' transfer.
1 June 2013	Route Number	Temporary Operator	New Owner	Remark
	1	Taichung Bus	Central Taiwan Bus
	20	Fengyuan Bus	Central Taiwan Bus
	25	Taichung Bus	Central Taiwan Bus
	29	Chang Hua Bus	Taichung Bus
	31	Fengyuan Bus	Central Taiwan Bus
	37	Chuan Hang Bus	Central Taiwan Bus
	40	Green Transit	Green Transit
	48	Chuan Hang Bus	Green Transit
	72	Taichung Bus	Taichung Bus
	89	Taichung Bus	Green Transit
	125	Taichung Bus	Central Taiwan Bus
Date of Transfer	Route Number	Former Owner	New Owner	Remark
30 August 2013	281	Fengyuan Bus	Central Taiwan Bus
	282	Fengyuan Bus	Central Taiwan Bus
	283	Fengyuan Bus	Central Taiwan Bus	Route 283 was combined with Route 282 on the same day.
	290	Fengyuan Bus	Taichung Bus
1 October 2015	52	Chang Hua Bus	Renyou Bus
30 April 2016	354	Taichung Bus	Sifang Bus
	356	Taichung	Jieshun Bus
	357	Taichung Bus	Jieshun Bus
	359	Ubus	Jieshun Bus
1 May 2016	358	Ubus	Renyou Bus
1 July 2016	616	Taichung Bus Rapid Transit	Southeast Bus
	617	Taichung Bus Rapid Transit	Renyou Bus
13 September 2016	199	Chuan Hang Bus	Jieshun Bus
1 October 2016	617	Renyou Bus	Zhonglu Bus

Route not charging

• 23 August 2004: Route 83 provided free rides for nine days.
• 1 June 2005: Taichung E Card holders were offered free rides on all routes of Taichung City Bus for one month.
• 21 November 2005: Route 69 and 85 provided free rides for 14 days.
• 1 July 2008: Route 61 provided free rides for a week.
• 18 May 2009: Route 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 did not charge till 31 December 2009.
• 1 January 2010: Route 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58 did not charge for a whole year.
• 29 August 2011: Route 90, 91, 92 and 93 did not charge.
• 29 September 2012: Route 127 provided free rides for two days before official launch.
• 8 July 2013: Route 90, 91, 92 and 93 started to charge.
• 1 August 2013: Route 155 provided free rides for four days.
• 30 August 2013: Route 152 and 154 each provided free rides for three days.
• 29 November 2013: Route 12 provided free rides for a week.
• 28 March 2014: Route 156 provided free rides for four days.
• 24 June 2014: Route 214 provided free rides for a week before official launch.
• 26 June 2014: Route Blue 2 provided free rides for a week.
• 25 July 2014: Route 283 provided free rides for a week before official launch.

See also

• List of bus routes in Taichung
• Transportation in Taichung

References

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

External links

• Taichung Dynamic Bus Information & Transit System
• i384, Taichung City Bus Infos