Fastest€50.39
- West Japan Railway WJ265614:313h 18m17:49Minami-Fukuoka StationŌsaka Station
Door to door 4h 2mCO2 15.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Fukuoka to Osaka train
Trains from Fukuoka to Osaka start at €50.94 and take 4h 2m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Fukuoka to Osaka on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Fukuoka to Osaka starts at €50.94 and takes 4h 2m door to door, run by 2 operators over 483 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 4h 2mDoor to door
- 3h 18mMoving
- €50.94 to €128.49From
- 06:02 to 21:24First and last departure
- 24Per day
- 15.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€50.94 to €128.49 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
- about €98.79Wed16
- about €128.49Thu17
- about €95.49Fri18
- about €96.04Sat19
- about €89.44Sun20
- about €76.79Mon21
- about €60.84Tue22
- about €65.79Wed23
- about €83.94Thu24
- about €75.14Fri25
- about €77.34Sat26
- about €72.39Sun27
- about €68.54Mon28
- about €50.94Tue29
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Central Japan Railway Company | €47.09 |
| West Japan Railway | €48.19 |
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When to book Fukuoka to Osaka
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €45.5790 days
- €44.3960 days
- €46.1645 days
- €49.1130 days
- €43.8021 days
- €46.7514 days
- €53.837 days
- €80.383 days
- €84.511 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €43.80.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 93 percent. The most expensive point is €84.51, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €63.86Sun
- €55.01Mon
- €46.75Tue
- €57.37Wed
- €71.53Thu
- €65.04Fri
- €66.22Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Fukuoka
Rail
- Minami-Fukuoka Station
- Fukuoka Freight Terminal
- Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station
Osaka
Rail
- Ōsaka Station
- Ōsaka Tōkō Station
- Ōsakashijō Station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 483 km against 483 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Fukuoka at 06:02 and the last at 21:24, across 24 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 | 4h 2m | 3h 18m | 44m | €50.94 | 15.9 kg | 24 |
| Flight | 4h 13m | 1h 3m | 3h 10m | €46.75 | 122.5 kg | 32 |
Questions about Fukuoka to Osaka
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 the Train from Fukuoka to Osaka take?
The Train from Fukuoka to Osaka takes 4h 2m door to door, of which 3h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 483 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 Fukuoka to Osaka cost?
The Train from Fukuoka to Osaka starts at €50.94 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €54.24. 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 Fukuoka to Osaka?
2 operators run the Train from Fukuoka to Osaka: Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway. Between them they file around 24 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 Fukuoka to Osaka use?
The Train from Fukuoka to Osaka leaves from Minami-Fukuoka Station and arrives at Ōsaka 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 Fukuoka to Osaka?
Traveling from Fukuoka to Osaka by Flight costs €46.75 and takes 4h 13m door to door, against 4h 2m 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 Fukuoka to Osaka?
Fares for the Train from Fukuoka to Osaka bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €43.80. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 93 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Fukuoka to Osaka produce?
The Train from Fukuoka to Osaka produces about 15.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 483 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Fukuoka to Osaka?
Operators on the Train from Fukuoka to Osaka publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 2m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Fukuoka to Osaka on September 15, 2026: 483 km of route against 483 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €50.94, and 4h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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