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Taipei metro

Six clean, colour-coded MRT lines meeting at Taipei Main Station, with a separate Airport MRT to Taoyuan. Strict rules on eating.

All cities · Taipei Metro (MRT) · Taoyuan Airport MRT · checked 2026-09

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Last train

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Working out tonight's last trains…

Plan for another night

After midnight counts as the night before: Saturday 01:30 is still Friday night's service.

Typical last trains from central stations; the ends of a line stop earlier, and holidays use their own timetable. Check the operator's app on the night.

Lines and key stations

Schematic, not to scale: only the stations visitors use most, in order along the line.

Tamsui–Xinyi Line (R)

Colour: red · Tamsui – Xiangshan

  1. TamsuiSightsOld Street, sunset
  2. BeitouInterchangehot springs
  3. JiantanSightsShilin night market
  4. Taipei Main StationRail stationHSR, Airport MRT
  5. NTU Hospital
  6. Chiang Kai-shek Memorial HallSights
  7. Taipei 101/World Trade CenterSights
  8. XiangshanSightsElephant Mountain

Bannan Line (BL)

Colour: blue · Dingpu – Nangang Exhibition Center

  1. Longshan TempleSights
  2. XimenInterchange
  3. Taipei Main StationInterchange
  4. Zhongxiao FuxingInterchange
  5. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial HallSights
  6. Taipei City Hall

Songshan–Xindian Line (G)

Colour: green · Songshan – Xindian

  1. SongshanSightsRaohe night market
  2. Nanjing FuxingInterchange
  3. ZhongshanInterchange
  4. XimenInterchange
  5. Chiang Kai-shek Memorial HallInterchange
  6. GongguanSightsNTU

Wenhu Line (BR)

Colour: brown · Taipei Zoo – Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center

  1. Taipei ZooSightsMaokong Gondola
  2. Zhongxiao FuxingInterchange
  3. Nanjing FuxingInterchange
  4. Songshan AirportAirport

Taoyuan Airport MRT

Colour: purple · Taipei Main Station – Huanbei

  1. Taipei Main StationInterchange
  2. A12 Airport Terminal 1Airport
  3. A13 Airport Terminal 2Airport

Also: Zhonghe–Xinlu (orange), Circular (yellow) lines and the Danhai light rail.

First and last trainscheck

Typical service hours by system and day
SystemDaysHours
Taipei MRTDaily06:00 – 00:00
Airport MRTDaily06:00 – 23:30

About 06:00–00:00 daily; last trains reach the ends about 01:00 (check). Extended all night for New Year's Eve.

How oftencheck

Rush hour
2–4 min
Off-peak
4–8 min

Airport rail linkcheck

  • Taoyuan (TPE)

    Airport MRT express to Taipei Main Station, about 35–40 min.

    Last departure: Last express around 23:00–23:30, commuter trains to about 23:30 (check); buses and taxis after

  • Songshan (TSA)

    Wenhu Line, Songshan Airport station.

    Last departure: Normal MRT hours

Farescheck

Distance-based, roughly NT$20–65 (check). See the transit-cards tool.

Card to use: EasyCard (iPASS also works)

Cards, deposits and tap-to-pay for Taipei →

Stations to know

  • AirportSongshan AirportWenhu Line (BR)
  • AirportA12 Airport Terminal 1Taoyuan Airport MRT
  • AirportA13 Airport Terminal 2Taoyuan Airport MRT
  • Rail stationTaipei Main Station — HSR, Airport MRTTamsui–Xinyi Line (R)
  • SightsTamsui — Old Street, sunsetTamsui–Xinyi Line (R)
  • SightsJiantan — Shilin night marketTamsui–Xinyi Line (R)
  • SightsChiang Kai-shek Memorial HallTamsui–Xinyi Line (R)
  • SightsTaipei 101/World Trade CenterTamsui–Xinyi Line (R)
  • SightsXiangshan — Elephant MountainTamsui–Xinyi Line (R)
  • SightsLongshan TempleBannan Line (BL)
  • SightsSun Yat-Sen Memorial HallBannan Line (BL)
  • SightsSongshan — Raohe night marketSongshan–Xindian Line (G)
  • SightsGongguan — NTUSongshan–Xindian Line (G)
  • SightsTaipei Zoo — Maokong GondolaWenhu Line (BR)

Step-free accesscheck

Every station has lifts; step-free throughout.

Etiquette and rulescheck

  • No eating, drinking or chewing gum past the yellow line: fines of NT$1,500–7,500.
  • Dark blue priority seats are left empty for those who need them.
  • Stand on the right of escalators; queue at the marked lines.

After the last traincheck

  • Taxis (yellow cabs) are cheap and plentiful; Uber and 55688 app.
  • A few night bus routes (check); YouBike is available 24 h.

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Everything marked check — hours, fares, last departures, rules — changes with timetables, works and holidays; confirm with the operator before you rely on a last train. Line colours are the operators' own, always shown with a name; diagrams are schematic. Written from Voykit's own notes; checked 2026-09.