Travel Instruction:
please bring you passport (or a Xerox copy)
and for who is now working in Taiwan, we will
also need your ARC ID, the work
permit,
(or a Xerox copy for both sides) to
claim your
reimbursement.
How to get to NTHU Physics
department
I. By Car:
( Current Highway Traffic )
Via
Highway No.1:
South bound:
Pull into the exit
lane at 93.5KM. It will split into two very soon.
The right one leads
you to Boulevard No.5 (公道五) immediately. If you want to take
KungFu road (光復路), keep on the
left and continue south for 600M. The lane will be
merged by another lane from the right.
Carefully
change to the right lane right after
the merge. It will lead you off
the highway and directly take you into the
KungFu road (光復路).
North
bound: take a bypass at 96.2KM,
you can make a left turn into KungFu road (光復路)
at the first exit or you can go 500M farther
to turn into Boulevard no.5 (公道五).
Both ways can lead you to NTHU.
- By Highway No.3:
- Switch to
Highway No.1 at the Hsinchu intersection 100.7KM (100KM on Highway 1)
- and continue north. Get off No.1 at 96.2KM.
-
- II. By Express(from Taipei):
Free Go
Bus, How-Tai Bus, Ya Lan Bus, King Bus and
Hsinchu Bus provide
frequent service
between Taipei and Hsinchu.
Near the Taipei railway
station, the highway
express bus
station (國道客運總站) is an
integrated
hub for many long distance bus liners.
You can get on
How-Tai bus, Hsinchu Bus, or King Bus for
Hsinchu at this
place. The average travel time is around 90 mins. depends on the
highway traffic condition.
For visitors coming from the National Taiwan
University, there are two Ya Lan bus stops, 懷恩堂
and
公館捷運站, conveniently located by the NTU
campus. So you don't need to go to the Taipei railway main station
first.
However, there is a catch. This bus takes about 2
hours to get to Hsinchu.
For other bus liners, please refer to their
web sites for the route map.

For the south bound bus, the first stop
is for National Chiao-Tung University
which is only 100 meters from the
highway. Usually, some guests get off here so
the bus makes a short stop right after
leaving the high way.
Ring the bell when you are 1 block away from
the high way.
The second stop is for National
Tsing-Hua University, marked as the Yellow circle in the map below.
It is located right next to a pedestrian
bridge, you won't miss it.
Keep your ticket, you are
requested to submit it to the bus driver when you get off.
-
Campus Map of National Tsing
Hua Univ.(From Google map)

- III. By Train (to railway timetable)
- Get off at the Hsinchu railway station (real-time
camera).
- You could either
-
- (1) Take Hsinchu
city bus No. 1, 2 or 1甲.
- The bus stop is located on MinTzu Road(民族路),
marked as the
green circle
- in the map below, next to
SOGO department store.
- Pay NTW15 (exact change) on board.
- (when you get
on, drop the money into the box next to the driver)
- The bus runs like every 40 mins but sometimes
irregularly.
- ( to the suggesting bus timetable 1,1甲, 2)
-
- Ring the bell after
you pass the KungFu high
school(光復中學). The high school
will be on your right. At
the same time, you could see an open hilly park on your
left
right across the street,
The bus should
stop soon after passing the TsingHua's main gate on your right.
-
- or
- (2) Take a cab right in front of the station lobby.
- The fare is
around NTW150(by meter), or NTW 200 (by negotiation).
- If you don't speak Chinese, you may want to
print out the useful phrase sheet
- to show it to the taxi driver.
Map of Railway Station (From Google map)

IV. By Air (From CKS international
airport)
There is NO
direct bus commutes between Hsinchu and CKS airport.
( You are right, WTF!! ) You have to
change bus either in
Taoyuan or ChunLi.
Taking bus by yourself is not
recommended for the foreign visitors.
You can take a taxi or limo at the
airport. Again, you might find
the Chinese phrase sheet useful. The fare
is roughly around NTW 1500
and the traffic time is 30 mins bounded from below which easily
goes up to 2 hours if high way
traffic jam happens.
Or you can contact us in advance to arrange a limo for you.
V. By Sea?
Eh... So far I have no knowledge about
getting here by sea.
But if you do make it arriving at
the Nanliao
Port,
take city bus #15 to Hsinchu railway
station
and follow the instruction III to
get to Tsing-Hua.
God bless you.