Classic route
Puyuma Express
Taipei → Taitung · Taiwan
Named for the Puyuma people: tilting trains lean through the Yilan curves, past Qingshui’s sheer sea cliffs, into the East Rift Valley’s rice paddies.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 5867231 (94 km), relation 5571509 (151 km) — 245 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 82.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 7 m); the longest stretch away from it is 21.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Taiwan Railway — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Puyuma Express?
The Puyuma Express runs 347 km from Taipei to Taitung.
How long does the Puyuma Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 55 min for the 347 km. That is an average of 89 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 150 km/h.
Who runs the Puyuma Express?
Taiwan Railway, with TEMU2000 tilting EMU.
How old is the Puyuma Express?
The line has been in service since 2013. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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