Taitung Train Station to Lanyu | Full Route via Fugang Ferry Pier. Best connection: Route 201 · Land-Sea-Air Express A 06:20 → Fugang ferry 12:30, arriving 15:00, about 8h 40m end-to-end.
From Taitung Train Station to Lanyu is two legs: Puyuma Transport Route 201 to Fugang Ferry Pier (Taitung) (about 20 minutes, NT$25) → Fugang to Kaiyuan Harbor (Lanyu) (a 150-minute crossing at NT$1,200 one way). Roughly 3.5 hours total — not long, but with so few sailings per day, the timing matters.
Buses from Taitung Train Station to Fugang run 14 services a day, earliest 06:20, latest 18:00. Outbound Lanyu sailings run only 2 a day in high season (07:00 and 12:30). The connections that work:
- For the 07:00 first sailing: take the 06:20 first bus to Fugang at 06:40, wait 20 minutes — perfect timing. - For the 12:30 sailing: take the 11:30 bus to Fugang at 11:50, wait 40 minutes.
Return Lanyu → Fugang is about 160 minutes, and in high season the return sailing usually calls at Green Island on the way back. Once you disembark at Fugang, Route 201 back to Taitung Train Station runs all day from early morning to evening.
In winter (November–March) the Lanyu route runs on a government-subsidized schedule — fixed sailings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with selected Sundays added (check the monthly calendar on ferry.tw for exact dates). In winter, always confirm on ferry.tw whether the boat is sailing that day. Sailings can also be cancelled at short notice for typhoons or strong northeast monsoon — confirm again before you leave.