Cheapest€11.89
- JR East JR739706:4849m07:37Jōetsumyōkō StationTsubame Station
Door to door 1h 33mCO2 3.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Jōetsu to Tsubame train
Trains from Jōetsu to Tsubame start at €15.19 and take 1h 28m at their fastest.
The Trains from Jōetsu to Tsubame starts at €15.19 and takes 1h 28m door to door, run by 2 operators over 96 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 28mDoor to door
- 44mMoving
- €15.19From
- 3.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€15.19
- East Japan Railway Company EJ577606:0144m06:45Jōetsumyōkō StationTsubame Station
Door to door 1h 28mCO2 3.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 East Japan Railway Company | €12.44 |
| JR East | €11.89 |
The train gets you into Tsubame. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Tsubame
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When to book Jōetsu to Tsubame
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.8490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €17.3921 days
- €17.9414 days
- €24.547 days
- €27.293 days
- €32.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €32.24, 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.
- €17.39Sun
- €15.19Mon
- €16.84Tue
- €15.74Wed
- €19.59Thu
- €17.94Fri
- €18.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Jōetsu
Rail
- Jōetsumyōkō Station
- Gōzu Station
- Kuroi Station
Tsubame
Rail
- Tsubame Station
- Nishi-Tsubame Station
- Tsubame-Sanjō Station
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
- 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 96 km against 84 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Minamiuonuma, Nagano, Tōkamachi, Suzaka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Jōetsu at 06:01 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Jōetsu to Tsubame
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 Jōetsu to Tsubame take?
The Train from Jōetsu to Tsubame takes 1h 28m door to door, of which 44m is spent moving. The route runs 96 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 Jōetsu to Tsubame cost?
The Train from Jōetsu to Tsubame starts at €15.19 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €21.77. 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 Jōetsu to Tsubame?
2 operators run the Train from Jōetsu to Tsubame: East Japan Railway Company, JR East. Between them they file around 6 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 Jōetsu to Tsubame use?
The Train from Jōetsu to Tsubame leaves from Jōetsumyōkō Station and arrives at Tsubame 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 Jōetsu to Tsubame?
Fares for the Train from Jōetsu to Tsubame bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Jōetsu to Tsubame produce?
The Train from Jōetsu to Tsubame produces about 3.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 96 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 Jōetsu to Tsubame?
Operators on the Train from Jōetsu to Tsubame publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 28m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Jōetsu to Tsubame on September 11, 2026: 96 km of route against 84 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.19, and 1h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Tsubame
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