Fukui-shi to Hikone runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:55 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.44 and €12.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 31m over 104 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€12.44 to €12.99
- 131%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Fukui-shi
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:55First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Fukui-shi to Hikone on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €30.04Wed16
- about €32.24Thu17
- about €25.64Fri18
- about €27.84Sat19
- about €27.84Sun20
- about €20.14Mon21
- about €19.59Tue22
- about €18.49Wed23
- about €19.04Thu24
- about €17.94Fri25
- about €25.09Sat26
- about €22.33Sun27
- about €15.19Mon28
- about €12.99Tue29
- about €16.84Wed30
- about €20.69Thu1
- about €17.94Fri2
- about €15.74Sat3
- about €14.09Sun4
- about €12.44Mon5
- about €16.29Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Hikone. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Hikone for the night the train gets in
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When to book Fukui-shi to Hikone
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.1990 days
- €16.8460 days
- €15.7445 days
- €14.0930 days
- €16.2921 days
- €12.9914 days
- €19.597 days
- €25.643 days
- €30.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €12.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 131 percent. The dearest point is €30.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Fukui-shi to Hikone and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
104 km
91 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
262,328 → 113,647
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 104 km against 91 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Gifu, Ichinomiya, Tsuruga, Kakamigahara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Hikone is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Hikone Station
Most of the points near Hikone Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Fukui-shi to Hikone
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Fukui-shi to Hikone?
The fastest journey from Fukui-shi to Hikone takes 1h 31m door to door, of which 53m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 35m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Fukui-shi to Hikone?
The cheapest fare from Fukui-shi to Hikone is €12.44, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €19.04. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Fukui-shi to Hikone?
The cheapest way from Fukui-shi to Hikone is by train, at €12.99 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 1h 37m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Fukui-shi to Hikone?
Fares from Fukui-shi to Hikone bottom out around 14 days before departure, at €12.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 131 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Fukui-shi to Hikone?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Fukui-shi to Hikone, at €15.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Fukui-shi to Hikone?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Fukui-shi to Hikone, at €13.54 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Fukui-shi to Hikone?
1 operators sell services from Fukui-shi to Hikone across 1 mode: JR West. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Fukui-shi to Hikone?
20 percent of the services we sell from Fukui-shi to Hikone are direct. The rest connect at Gifu, Ichinomiya, Tsuruga, Kakamigahara, with about 68 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Fukui-shi to Hikone use?
Services from Fukui-shi to Hikone by train leave from Ota Station and arrive at Hikone Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Fukui-shi to Hikone?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Fukui-shi to Hikone allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Fukui-shi to Hikone on 15 September 2026: 104 km of route against 91 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.44, and 1h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Hikone is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Hikone and across Japan
Day trips that leave Hikone in the morning and cover a good part of Japan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Fukui-shi reaches 23 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 116 km. Hikone reaches 20 places in 1 countries, from 40 to 154 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Fukui-shi
- 23Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Hikone
Leaving Hikone
- 20Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators