This study investigated the roles of the different titanium species of low-cost TS-1 in propylene epoxidation and the influence of acid treatments. The low-cost TS-1 zeolites with different titanium species were synthesized using the hydrothermal method and characterized by ultraviolet (UV)-Raman, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis), N 2 physical absorption and NH 3 temperature programmed desorption (NH 3 -TPD) techniques. The roles of the different titanium species in the low-cost TS-1 samples were investigated by gas chromatography-Raman spectrometry (GC-Raman) during the propylene epoxidation process. The framework titanium species was found to be active for propylene epoxidation, while the extra-framework Ti species were found to be harmful for propylene epoxidation due to their acidity. The extra-framework Ti species can be removed by acid treatments. It was found that the acid treatment of the as-synthesized TS-1 is more effective since the amorphous TiO 2 was not transformed into anatase TiO 2 upon calcination. Strong acids, such as HCl, HNO 3 and H 2 SO 4 , are more efficient for the elimination of the extra-framework TiO 2 , but do not significantly affect the framework titanium species. After treatment with an acid of a suitable concentration, the amount of the active intermediate species Ti-OOH(h 2 ) can be increased, and a higher conversion of propylene and yield of PO can be achieved.