Hanxi Riverside Bikeway

Length

9.8 kmSource and notes below

Route shape

One way

Surface

Surface not stated

Traffic

Separated bike path

Level

Easy

Riding time

About 40 min at an easy 14 km/h, not counting stops Estimate ride time

Families

Families: with care

Climbing

Not measuredNo official figure, so none given

Start

North end at Songzhu Road and Hanxi East Road (near Taichung MRT Jiushe Station)

Finish

Junction of Hanxi East Road Section 1 and Huanzhong East Road Section 5

The map loads here. Official map

Rest stops and stations along the official line

Rest stops

• 臺中車站(兩鐵轉運站) (toilets, accessible toilet, drinking water, food and drink)
• 松竹車站 (toilets, accessible toilet, drinking water)
• 帝國製糖廠臺中營業所 (toilets, accessible toilet, drinking water, food and drink)
• 7-11金格門市 (toilets, drinking water, food and drink)

Train stations that take bikes

• 松竹 · bike train times
• 太原 · bike train times
• 精武 · bike train times
• 臺中 · bike train times

Listed by the national cycling portal (MOTC). Services and hours can change: treat these as a guide, not a guarantee.

About the lengthRoute length on Taichung Tourism's Hanxi Riverside Bikeway page (English and Chinese), from Jinxi Bridge to the junction of Huanzhong East Road and Hanxi East Road Section 1. The national cycling portal's matching entry (旱溪親水式自行車道) gives 6.8 km, and its drawn line measures about 6.9 km (Cycle.tw's sum of the portal's stretches), from Songzhu Road at the north end to Hanxi East Road Section 1 at the south end. The portal has a second entry, 旱溪自行車道, with a 3 km headline but a much longer drawn network of shared paths up the river toward Tanzi; it is not used here. Taichung Tourism also folds Hanxi into its 118.4 km Riverside Bikeways System loop. Neither source explains the gap between 9.8 km and 6.8 km, and we could not place Jinxi Bridge (金谿橋) on the portal's line.

Taichung Tourism describes the Hanxi Riverside Bikeway as a 9.8 km path built along Hanxi East Road and the bank of the Hanxi River, through the East, Beitun, Taiping and Tanzi districts, between 139 and 163 m above sea level. It suggests about an hour of riding.

The best-known sight is Haitian Bridge (海天橋), which Taichung Tourism describes as white and blue, a popular photo spot, with changing neon lights at night. It also notes shops along the way, which makes this a city ride rather than a countryside one.

The national cycling portal draws the path as one continuous bike-only line from Songzhu Road in Beitun south to Hanxi East Road Section 1. Taichung MRT's Jiushe Station is near the north end and TRA's Jingwu Station is a short ride off the path about two thirds of the way down.

Who it suits

Suits families, people staying in Taichung who want an hour on a bike without leaving the city, and anyone riding YouBike. Skip it if you want countryside or a long ride; for that, Taichung's rail trails at Houli and Fengyuan are longer.

The route

A ride plan, in order

1. From Taichung MRT Jiushe Station, pick up a YouBike and ride to the junction of Songzhu Road and Hanxi East Road, the north end of the portal's line.
2. Follow the path south along the river. Taiyuan Station is about 0.5 km off the path roughly 2.5 km in, and Jingwu Station about 0.3 km off it roughly 4 km in (Cycle.tw's measurements from the portal's line), handy if you want a shorter station-to-station ride.
3. Continue to the south end at Hanxi East Road Section 1 and Huanzhong East Road Section 5. Return a YouBike at a station near the end, or ride back the same way.

Getting there without a car

• Taichung MRT (Green Line) to Jiushe Station. YouBike's station data puts the Jiushe Station YouBike stop at Songzhu Road Section 1 and Dunfu Road, about 460 m from the north end of the portal's line (Cycle.tw's measurement).
• TRA: Jingwu Station is about 280 m from the path (portal points, Cycle.tw's measurement), and Songzhu and Taiyuan stations are within about 1 km. All three are on TRA's list of stations open to bikes.
• By bus to the south end (national cycling portal): from Taichung Station take city bus 89 toward 毓祥護理之家 to the 旱溪東6順路口 stop, then go about 130 m south along Hanxi East Road Section 1 to the start at Huanzhong East Road Section 5.
• YouBike: YouBike's station data lists many stations beside the path, including 松竹旱溪東路口 at the north end, 新福公園(旱溪東路), 旱溪東東英三街口 and 旱溪東振興路口 near the south end, and stations at Jingwu, Taiyuan and Songzhu TRA stations. Check bikes and docks in the YouBike app.

Bringing your own bike: Taichung Metro: a full-size bike rides only in set time windows with a rider-plus-bike ticket, and a properly packed folding bike rides as luggage; check the current rules on Cycle.tw's transit page or Taichung Metro's site. TRA: Jingwu, Taiyuan, Songzhu and Taichung are on TRA's bike station list, so an unbagged bike can use bike-service trains there with a bike ticket and a limited quota.

• Bike rules on each train and metro

Renting a bike

Verified public bikes: YouBike (Taichung) has stations along the whole path and at the nearby MRT and TRA stations, so a one-way ride is easy. Taichung Tourism lists a 'bike rental station' as a service on this route without naming or locating it.

• YouBike (Taichung) YouBike微笑單車（臺中市）
  Public bike · Taichung City
  Stations used in this file, from YouBike's station data: 臺中港旅客服務中心 (中二路一段9號), 高美濕地 (美堤街168號前), 高美濕地第一停車場, 高美濕地第二停車場, 大甲車站, 后里車站, 新泰安車站, 泰安鐵道文化園區. Check bikes, docks and fares in the YouBike app.
  Website
• 火雞自行車精品館
  Repair · Taichung: Beitun District
  Listed by Taichung Tourism as a bike repair stop for the Hanxi Riverside Bikeway.
  406台中市北屯區東山路一段216-17號 · 0424360366
• 安騎自行車行
  Repair · Taichung: Taiping District
  Listed by Taichung Tourism as a bike repair stop for the Hanxi Riverside Bikeway.
  411台中市太平區中山路四段98號 · 0423952088
• 聖陽美利達專賣店
  Repair · Taichung: East District
  Listed by Taichung Tourism as a bike repair stop for the Hanxi Riverside Bikeway, marked as more than 500 m from the path.
  401台中市東區旱溪街235號 · 0422135797

Confirm hours, rates and availability directly with the provider. Cycle.tw does not take bookings.

• How to rent a bike in Taiwan

Toilets, water and food

Taichung Tourism lists toilets and a bike rental station, without locations. The portal lists a 7-ELEVEN (金格門市) at the north end of its line as a cyclist rest stop with toilets, water and food. Repair stops named by Taichung Tourism: 火雞自行車精品館 (Beitun), 安騎自行車行 (Taiping) and 聖陽美利達專賣店 (East District, more than 500 m from the path). Shade and water points along the path itself are not listed.

Safety and conditions

• Share the path: Taichung Tourism describes it as good for strolling and jogging too. Ring your bell early and slow down near people on foot.
• The path runs beside Hanxi East Road. Watch at every road crossing and bridge end; the official pages do not describe them.
• Use lights if you ride at night to see the Haitian Bridge lights.
• Taichung Tourism advises water, sun protection in summer and a windproof jacket in winter.
• Check the Central Weather Administration forecast before you go. Heavy rain, typhoons and earthquakes close paths, river parks and roads, sometimes for weeks.
• Wear a properly fitted bike helmet, whatever the law says for your bike.

When to go

Any dry day; Taichung Tourism suggests evening for the changing lights on Haitian Bridge. Avoid midday in summer.

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Emergency: 110 police, 119 fire and ambulance. From a mobile phone, 112 also reaches emergency services.

Printed from https://cycle.tw/routes/hanxi-riverside-bikeway/

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