Cheapest€17.94
- Shikoku Railway Company SR208206:011h 3m07:04Kure StationKōchi Station
Door to door 1h 47mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kure to Kochi train
Trains from Kure to Kochi start at €18.49 and take 1h 47m at their fastest.
The Trains from Kure to Kochi starts at €18.49 and takes 1h 47m door to door, run by 2 operators over 135 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 47mDoor to door
- 1h 3mMoving
- €18.49From
- 4.5 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 |
|---|---|
 Shikoku Railway Company | €17.94 |
| West Japan Railway | €19.04 |
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When to book Kure to Kochi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.2490 days
- €13.5460 days
- €14.6445 days
- €15.1930 days
- €19.5921 days
- €23.9914 days
- €28.947 days
- €28.943 days
- €38.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 183 percent. The most expensive point is €38.29, 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.
- €22.89Sun
- €20.69Mon
- €18.49Tue
- €25.08Wed
- €26.19Thu
- €28.94Fri
- €23.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Kure
Rail
- Kure Station
- Ato Station
- Hiro Station
Kochi
Rail
- Kōchi Station
- Kōchi-Shōgyō-Mae Station
- Ino 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 135 km against 117 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 Imabari, Matsuyama, Saijō, Niihama. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Kure 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 Kure to Kochi
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 Kure to Kochi take?
The Train from Kure to Kochi takes 1h 47m door to door, of which 1h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 135 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 Kure to Kochi cost?
The Train from Kure to Kochi starts at €18.49 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €22.34. 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 Kure to Kochi?
2 operators run the Train from Kure to Kochi: Shikoku Railway Company, West Japan Railway. 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 Kure to Kochi use?
The Train from Kure to Kochi leaves from Kure Station and arrives at Kōchi 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 Kure to Kochi?
Fares for the Train from Kure to Kochi bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kure to Kochi produce?
The Train from Kure to Kochi produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 135 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 Kure to Kochi?
Operators on the Train from Kure to Kochi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 47m 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 Kure to Kochi on September 12, 2026: 135 km of route against 117 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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