# List of busiest railway stations in Taiwan

This article consists of the busiest railway stations in Republic of China (Taiwan), with the statistics being taken from the official data of the years 2020. Ridership numbers are for Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) only, other rail transport like MRT are not included.

## TRA

Only the top 20 busiest TRA stations are shown.
| Rank (2020) | Rank (2019) | Change | Station | Annual entries | Annual exits | Daily entries/exits | Line | Location |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Taipei | 18,701,149 | 18,379,806 | 101,314 | West coast | Taipei |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Taoyuan | 9,122,178 | 9,373,039 | 50,533 | West coast | Taoyuan |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Zhongli | 8,621,536 | 8,733,022 | 47,417 | West coast | Taoyuan |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Tainan | 8,189,000 | 8,352,132 | 45,194 | West coast | Tainan |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Taichung | 8,003,936 | 8,066,308 | 43,908 | Taichung | Taichung |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Banqiao | 7,431,888 | 7,407,874 | 40,546 | West coast | New Taipei |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Hsinchu | 6,411,637 | 6,444,524 | 35,126 | West coast/Neiwan | Hsinchu City |
| 8 | 9 | ▲1 | Songshan | 5,360,304 | 5,342,014 | 29,241 | West coast | Taipei |
| 9 | 11 | ▲2 | Shulin | 4,858,909 | 4,904,742 | 26,677 | West coast | New Taipei |
| 10 | 8 | ▼2 | Kaohsiung | 4,840,110 | 4,829,247 | 26,419 | West coast | Kaohsiung |
| 11 | 10 | ▼1 | Changhua | 4,514,064 | 4,618,234 | 24,952 | Taichung/West coast | Changhua |
| 12 | 15 | ▲3 | Nangang | 3,722,618 | 3,912,500 | 20,861 | West coast | Taipei |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | New Zuoying | 3,560,488 | 3,546,030 | 19,417 | West coast | Kaohsiung |
| 14 | 17 | ▲3 | Xizhi | 3,446,769 | 3,565,202 | 19,158 | West coast | New Taipei |
| 15 | 12 | ▼3 | Hualien | 3,509,367 | 3,472,846 | 19,077 | North-link/Taitung | Hualien |
| 16 | 14 | ▼2 | Pingtung | 3,407,412 | 3,464,343 | 18,775 | Pingtung | Pingtung |
| 17 | 16 | ▼1 | Chiayi | 3,275,326 | 3,271,363 | 17,887 | West coast | Chiayi City |
| 18 | 19 | ▲1 | Xike | 3,218,308 | 3,226,319 | 17,608 | West coast | New Taipei |
| 19 | 18 | ▼1 | Neili | 3,129,293 | 3,070,076 | 16,938 | West coast | Taoyuan |
| 20 | 20 | 0 | Yingge | 2,879,622 | 2,893,762 | 15,774 | West coast | New Taipei |

## THSR

All 12 THSR stations are shown. Ridership numbers were decreased in 2020 due to COVID-19 outbreak.
| Rank (2020) | Station | Annual entries | Annual exits | Daily entries/exits | Change (2019-2020) | Growth rate | Location |
| 1 | Taipei | 13,177,595 | 13,279,379 | 75,485 | -14,071 | -16.26% | Taipei |
| 2 | Taichung | 9,496,305 | 9,427,100 | 51,845 | -11,435 | -18.07% | Taichung |
| 3 | Zuoying | 7,724,730 | 7,714,462 | 42,300 | -9,638 | -18.56% | Kaohsiung |
| 4 | Taoyuan | 5,741,854 | 5,845,729 | 31,747 | -7,171 | -18.43% | Taoyuan |
| 5 | Hsinchu | 5,413,451 | 5,845,729 | 30,088 | -3,790 | -11.19% | Hsinchu County |
| 6 | Banqiao | 4,303,559 | 4,304,217 | 23,583 | -495 | -2.06% | New Taipei |
| 7 | Tainan | 3,652,977 | 3,634,920 | 19,967 | -3,796 | -15.97% | Tainan |
| 8 | Nangang | 2,632,404 | 2,353,641 | 13,660 | -976 | -6.67% | Taipei |
| 9 | Chiayi | 2,417,147 | 2,404,317 | 13,209 | -2,357 | -15.14% | Chiayi County |
| 10 | Yunlin | 1,209,954 | 1,212,971 | 6,638 | -973 | -12.49% | Yunlin |
| 11 | Miaoli | 846,256 | 860,468 | 4,676 | -527 | -10.14% | Miaoli |
| 12 | Changhua | 622,920 | 632,998 | 3,441 | -510 | -12.90% | Changhua |