Gifu to Hikone runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 13m over 58 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
- 60%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Gifu
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.
- 06:41First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
JR West runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Gifu 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 €19.04Tue15
- about €19.04Wed16
- about €19.04Thu17
- about €15.19Fri18
- about €16.84Sat19
- about €16.84Sun20
- about €11.89Mon21
- about €11.89Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €14.64Sat26
- about €13.54Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €12.44Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
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
Sort by distance from Hikone Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Gifu to Hikone
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.897 days
- €19.043 days
- €19.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 60 percent. The most expensive point is €19.04, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 Gifu 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
58 km
50 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
402,557 → 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 58 km against 50 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kyoto, Tsuruga, Komatsu, Fukui-shi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
Baggage storage near Hikone Station
Most of the points near Hikone Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Gifu to Hikone
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Gifu to Hikone?
The fastest journey from Gifu to Hikone takes 1h 13m door to door, of which 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 15m, 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 Gifu to Hikone?
The cheapest fare from Gifu to Hikone is €11.88, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.89. 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 Gifu to Hikone?
The cheapest way from Gifu to Hikone is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 23, 2026. That journey takes 1h 14m 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 Gifu to Hikone?
Fares from Gifu to Hikone bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 60 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Gifu to Hikone?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Gifu to Hikone, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Gifu to Hikone?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Gifu to Hikone, at €11.88 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 service from Gifu to Hikone?
1 operators sell services from Gifu 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 Gifu to Hikone?
20 percent of the services we sell from Gifu to Hikone are direct. The rest connect at Kyoto, Tsuruga, Komatsu, Fukui-shi, with about 57 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 Gifu to Hikone use?
Services from Gifu to Hikone by train leave from Gifu 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 Gifu to Hikone?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Gifu 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 Gifu to Hikone on September 14, 2026: 58 km of route against 50 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 13m 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 catalog.
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
Gifu reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 270 km. Hikone reaches 20 places in 1 countries, from 40 to 154 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Gifu
- 40Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Hikone
Leaving Hikone
- 20Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators