How much time does it take to go from Tamsui to Yehliu by bus along the coast?

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No. According to the official website of Yehliu Geopark, the travel time is more like two hours (translation mine):

野柳←→淡水 淡水或基隆客運:班距約30分,車程約2小時。
Yehliu <-> Tamsui Tamshui Bus Company, Ltd. or Keelung Bus Company, Ltd.: Service runs roughly every 30 mins, [and the] travel time [is] roughly 2 hours.

(Interestingly the travel time is omitted in the english version, which reads "Take the express bus (bound to Jinshan) at Tamshui station (near Tamshui MRT Station); alight at Yehliu stop. The bus comes every 30 minutes (the first bus at 05:50am and the last bus at 10:20pm).")

Edit: OP further asked what is the number of the "express bus" mentioned above. It is indeed Bus 862, according to a separate FAQ page from Yehliu Geopark:

Q : [General] How can one get there?
A : [...] 3. Danshui to Yehliu – Keelung Bus (no.862) / 1 hour 30 minutes / NTD 90

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The details for that route show that the actual bus trip takes 3h51m and has 91 stops along the way.
If each stop is only 1 - 1.5 minutes (just a guess) then that's 2 hours of doing nothing at bus stops, and an average speed of about 25km/hr during travel.
Seems a little slow, but certainly not out of the realm of possibility ...

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