Buses Service
A: The Taroko #302 ebus provides service from Xincheng railway station via (Taroko National Park Headquarters visitor center) to Tianxiang and then return to Xincheng railway station. The Taroko bus company states that #302 bus fare between Shakadang and Changchun Shrine (Eternal Spring Shrine) section is free of charge. Please notice that weekday (Mon.-Fri.) and weekend bus timetables are different. Notice: #302 bus does not provide bus service to Buluowan.
B: TaiwanTrip Ubus #310 and Hualien #1133 bus provide service from Hualien railway station via Xincheng railway station to Taroko National Park Headquarters visitor center only. Both Ubus #310 and Hualien Bus #1133 buses do NOT provide bus services between Taroko National Park Headquarters visitor center and Tianxiang.
Notice to passengers:
Due to the Xipan Dame road section emergency repair work, the passage will be only open 4 times every day.
Provincial Highway 8 at 179.5 km (Xipan Dam section) highway marker for the Road Landslide Emergency Repair Construction Work, due to the July 27, 2023 Typhoon Serious Landslide Damage
Traffic Control Time: 8:30 am – 17:00 pm
Control Period: From August 8, 2023 –
4 Passage time daily: (1) 7:00 am - 8:30 am, (2)10:00 am once, (3)11:30 – 12:30, (4)14:00 once (Road open at night time)
Open for one direction of traffic once at a time for both directions traffic. Please follow the on-site personnel instruction.
Road open period: 17:00 – the second morning 8:30 am (night time )
Road repair construction traffic controls are in effect during weekends and public holidays.
East to west: The east entrance to Taroko gorge- the Arch Gate at 184.5 km highway marker to the traffic control point at 179.5 km (Xipan Dam section) is about 5 km / about 10 minutes by car.
West to east: The west from Tianxiang at 167.6 km to the traffic control point at 179.5 km (Xipan Dam section) is about 11.9 km / about 20 minutes by car.
Please follow the on-site personnel instruction.
Please plan your trip accordingly.