Kitakyushu to Matsuyama train

Trains from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama start at €30.04 and take 2h 14m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama starts at €30.04 and takes 2h 14m door to door, run by 1 operator over 203 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 14mDoor to door
  • 1h 30mMoving
  • €30.04 to €61.94From
  • 06:32 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 6.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€30.04 to €61.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €61.94Mon14
  2. about €41.04Tue15
  3. about €48.74Wed16
  4. about €47.64Thu17
  5. about €43.24Fri18
  6. about €52.04Sat19
  7. about €52.59Sun20
  8. about €30.04Mon21
  9. about €30.04Tue22
  10. about €34.99Wed23
  11. about €45.44Thu24
  12. about €39.94Fri25
  13. about €44.34Sat26
  14. about €32.79Sun27

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Cheapest€22.34
  1. West Japan Railway WJ458706:321h 30m08:02Kitakyūshū Freight TerminalMatsuyama Station

Door to door 2h 14mCO2 6.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
West Japan Railway€22.342h 11m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Matsuyama. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Matsuyama for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Kitakyushu to Matsuyama

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €33.8990 days
  2. €25.6460 days
  3. €19.5945 days
  4. €21.2430 days
  5. €26.7421 days
  6. €32.7914 days
  7. €52.597 days
  8. €48.743 days
  9. €61.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 216 percent. The dearest point is €61.94, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €32.79Sun
  2. €30.04Mon
  3. €30.04Tue
  4. €34.99Wed
  5. €45.44Thu
  6. €39.94Fri
  7. €44.34Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kitakyushu

Rail
  • Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal
  • Anō Station
  • Jōno Station

Matsuyama

Rail
  • Matsuyama Station
  • Matsuyama City Station
  • Awai Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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 203 km against 177 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kure, Ōita, Yamaguchi, Shūnan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kitakyushu at 06:32 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Kitakyushu to Matsuyama

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 the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama take?

The Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama takes 2h 14m door to door, of which 1h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 203 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama cost?

The Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama starts at €30.04 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €33.34. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama?

1 operators run the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama: West Japan Railway. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama use?

The Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama leaves from Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal and arrives at Matsuyama Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama?

Fares for the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.59. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 216 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama produce?

The Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama produces about 6.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 203 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama?

Operators on the Train from Kitakyushu to Matsuyama publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 14m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kitakyushu to Matsuyama on 13 September 2026: 203 km of route against 177 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €30.04, and 2h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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