Cheapest€24.54
- Hokkaido Railway Company HR219314:151h 38m15:53Kitami StationSapporo Station
Door to door 2h 22mCO2 7.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kitami to Sapporo train
Trains from Kitami to Sapporo start at €28.94 and take 2h 22m at their fastest.
The Trains from Kitami to Sapporo starts at €28.94 and takes 2h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 221 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 22mDoor to door
- 1h 38mMoving
- €28.94From
- 7.3 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.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hokkaido Railway Company | €24.54 | 2h 18m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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Rooms within reach of Sapporo Station
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Kitami to Sapporo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.0990 days
- €19.0460 days
- €24.5445 days
- €25.6430 days
- €31.4121 days
- €33.3414 days
- €37.907 days
- €43.213 days
- €52.061 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.04.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 173 percent. The most expensive point is €52.06, 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.
- €33.77Sun
- €29.49Mon
- €28.94Tue
- €32.00Wed
- €33.34Thu
- €34.95Fri
- €36.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Kitami
Rail
- Kitami Station
- Nishi-Kitami Station
- Onne Station
Sapporo
Rail
- Sapporo Station
- Shin-Sapporo Station
- Sapporo Shijō 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
- 88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 221 km against 221 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Asahikawa, Takikawa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Kitami at 06:28 and the last at 19:59, across 8 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 22m | 1h 38m | 44m | €28.94 | 7.3 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 3h 52m | 42m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 56.1 kg | 8 |
Questions about Kitami to Sapporo
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 Kitami to Sapporo take?
The Train from Kitami to Sapporo takes 2h 22m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 221 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 Kitami to Sapporo cost?
The Train from Kitami to Sapporo starts at €28.94 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €31.42. 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 Kitami to Sapporo?
1 operators run the Train from Kitami to Sapporo: Hokkaido Railway Company. Between them they file around 8 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 Kitami to Sapporo use?
The Train from Kitami to Sapporo leaves from Kitami Station and arrives at Sapporo 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 Kitami to Sapporo?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Kitami to Sapporo, at €28.94 and 2h 22m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Kitami to Sapporo?
Fares for the Train from Kitami to Sapporo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.04. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 173 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kitami to Sapporo produce?
The Train from Kitami to Sapporo produces about 7.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 221 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 Kitami to Sapporo?
Operators on the Train from Kitami to Sapporo publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Kitami to Sapporo on September 10, 2026: 221 km of route against 221 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.94, and 2h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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