Taipei

By bus
By bus

Intercity buses arrive and depart from the Taipei Bus Terminal, which is located on Chengde Road, behind Taipei Main Station. Generally speaking, the buses operated by private companies are more comfortable and sport such amenities as wide reclining seats and individual game and video monitors. The government run buses are blue and white and are called guóguāng hào 國光號. All intercity buses are known as kèyùn 客運 and can be distinguished from the local city buses called gōngchē 公車 by the fact that they do not have a route number, but only the name of the destination.

By train
By train

All inter-city trains (http://www.railway.gov.tw...), including those operated by the Taiwan High Speed Rail 台灣高鐵 (http://www.thsrc.com.tw/e...), arrive at and depart from Taipei Railway Station 台北車站 on Zhongxiao West Road, Sec 1 - opposite the 53 story Shinkong Mitsukoshi Building 新光三越. Taipei Main Station is a huge facility. Ticket counters are on the first floor and platforms in B1. There is also a food court on the second floor, several underground shopping malls, an auditorium on the 5th floor, and MRT stations serving three lines. In addition to ticket counters, the first floor also has a tourist office, small supermarkets, a post office, stores selling aboriginal handicrafts and several booths offering head and neck and full body massage NT$100 for every ten minutes.

The THSR stations and platforms are wheelchair-friendly and all trains include a wheelchair-accessible car wider doors, ample space, accessible bathroom. Note that the official English guide for online reservations distinguishes between "senior or disabled tickets" and "handicap-friendly seats"; while it's possible to buy a ticket for the former online "correct passenger ID" required, a ticket for the latter has to be reserved by calling the ticketing office on the phone.