Fastest€19.59
- West Japan Railway WJ468406:021h 7m07:09Sakai StationTakamatsu Station
Door to door 1h 51mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Sakai to Takamatsu train
Trains from Sakai to Takamatsu start at €19.59 and take 1h 51m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Sakai to Takamatsu on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Sakai to Takamatsu starts at €19.59 and takes 1h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 153 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 51mDoor to door
- 1h 7mMoving
- €25.64 to €44.89From
- 06:02 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 5.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€25.64 to €44.89 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €44.89Mon21
- about €32.24Tue22
- about €43.79Wed23
- about €41.04Thu24
- about €43.79Fri25
- about €33.34Sat26
- about €34.44Sun27
- about €25.64Mon28
- about €28.94Tue29
- about €27.29Wed30
- about €29.49Thu1
- about €29.49Fri2
- about €26.19Sat3
- about €27.29Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Japan Railway | €19.04 | 1h 51m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Sakai to Takamatsu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0830 days
- €10.6321 days
- €15.0314 days
- €15.037 days
- €18.333 days
- €19.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 98 percent. The dearest point is €19.98, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €15.03Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €12.83Tue
- €13.93Wed
- €15.03Thu
- €14.48Fri
- €14.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Sakai
Rail
- Sakai Station
- Sakaishi Station
- Sakaihigashi Station
Takamatsu
Rail
- Takamatsu Station
- Furu-Takamatsu Station
- Takamatsu Chikkō Station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 153 km against 133 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 Tokushima, Himeji, Kyoto, Fukuyama. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Sakai at 06:02 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 51m | 1h 7m | 44m | €19.59 | 5.0 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 3h 1m | 2h 17m | 44m | €10.08 | 5.2 kg | 2 |
Questions about Sakai to Takamatsu
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 Sakai to Takamatsu take?
The Train from Sakai to Takamatsu takes 1h 51m door to door, of which 1h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 153 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 Sakai to Takamatsu cost?
The Train from Sakai to Takamatsu starts at €19.59 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €26.46. 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 Sakai to Takamatsu?
1 operators run the Train from Sakai to Takamatsu: West Japan Railway. Between them they file around 4 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 Sakai to Takamatsu use?
The Train from Sakai to Takamatsu leaves from Sakai Station and arrives at Takamatsu 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.
Is the Train the best way from Sakai to Takamatsu?
Travelling from Sakai to Takamatsu by Coach costs €10.08 and takes 3h 1m door to door, against 1h 51m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Sakai to Takamatsu?
Fares for the Train from Sakai to Takamatsu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 98 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Sakai to Takamatsu produce?
The Train from Sakai to Takamatsu produces about 5.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 153 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 Sakai to Takamatsu?
Operators on the Train from Sakai to Takamatsu publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 51m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sakai to Takamatsu on 20 September 2026: 153 km of route against 133 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 1h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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