Cheapest€52.04
- West Japan Railway WJ371706:323h 36m10:08Himeji StationKumamoto Station
Door to door 4h 20mCO2 16.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Himeji to Kumamoto train
Trains from Himeji to Kumamoto start at €64.69 and take 4h 20m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Himeji to Kumamoto on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Himeji to Kumamoto starts at €64.69 and takes 4h 20m door to door, run by 1 operator over 497 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 20mDoor to door
- 3h 36mMoving
- €64.69 to €135.64From
- 06:32 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 16.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€64.69 to €135.64 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 €135.64Mon14
- about €98.24Tue15
- about €114.19Wed16
- about €107.59Thu17
- about €102.64Fri18
- about €122.44Sat19
- about €119.14Sun20
- about €67.44Mon21
- about €64.69Tue22
- about €78.44Wed23
- about €101.54Thu24
- about €95.49Fri25
- about €101.54Sat26
- about €75.14Sun27
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 September 29, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Japan Railway | €52.04 | 4h 10m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Himeji to Kumamoto
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €72.3990 days
- €60.2960 days
- €45.4445 days
- €46.5430 days
- €59.7421 days
- €75.1414 days
- €119.147 days
- €114.193 days
- €135.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €45.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 199 percent. The most expensive point is €135.64, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €75.14Sun
- €67.44Mon
- €64.69Tue
- €78.44Wed
- €101.54Thu
- €95.49Fri
- €101.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Himeji
Rail
- Himeji Station
- Himeji Shijō Station
- Sanyo Himeji Station
Kumamoto
Rail
- Kumamoto Station
- Kitakumamoto Station
- Nishi-Kumamoto Station
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 497 km against 433 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 Matsuyama, Kurashiki, Ōita, Okayama. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Himeji 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 Himeji to Kumamoto
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 Himeji to Kumamoto take?
The Train from Himeji to Kumamoto takes 4h 20m door to door, of which 3h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 497 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 Himeji to Kumamoto cost?
The Train from Himeji to Kumamoto starts at €64.69 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €71.29. 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 Himeji to Kumamoto?
1 operators run the Train from Himeji to Kumamoto: 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 Himeji to Kumamoto use?
The Train from Himeji to Kumamoto leaves from Himeji Station and arrives at Kumamoto 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 Himeji to Kumamoto?
Fares for the Train from Himeji to Kumamoto bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €45.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 199 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Himeji to Kumamoto produce?
The Train from Himeji to Kumamoto produces about 16.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 497 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 Himeji to Kumamoto?
Operators on the Train from Himeji to Kumamoto publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 20m 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 Himeji to Kumamoto on September 13, 2026: 497 km of route against 433 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €64.69, and 4h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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