Taiwan High Speed Rail - THSR

Taiwan has a really convenient public transport service which is called High Speed Rail. It runs approximately 345 km along the west coast of Taiwan, from the national capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. The construction was managed by a private company. They opened the stations in 2007. The trains can reach 300 KM/H speed. 

Taiwan High Speed Rail

If you take a bus from Taichung to Taipei, it could take 2 and a half hours to arrive (unless there's bad traffic jam). If you take the high speed rail, it takes only 50 minutes - 1 hour. The price of course more expensive than taking bus. To take a bus from Taichung to Taipei, it might cost you around 250NT. The High speed rail costs around 700NT. 

In 2012 there were 44 million passangers on the HSR. It is a really convenient way to travel across the Southern and Norther part of Taiwan,

HSR in the station