Mitsuke to Niigata train

Trains from Mitsuke to Niigata start at €11.88 and take 1h 11m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Mitsuke to Niigata starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 11m door to door, run by 2 operators over 51 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 15, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 11mDoor to door
  • 27mMoving
  • €11.88From
  • 1.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 15, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€11.88
  1. JR East JR816406:0627m06:33Mitsuke StationNiigata Station

Door to door 1h 11mCO2 1.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFastest
East Japan Railway Company1h 11m
JR East1h 10m

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Booking window

When to book Mitsuke to Niigata

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €12.997 days
  8. €14.093 days
  9. €16.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 37 percent. The most expensive point is €16.29, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €11.88Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €11.88Thu
  6. €11.88Fri
  7. €11.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Mitsuke

Rail
  • Mitsuke Station
  • Kamimitsuke Station
  • Hommyō Station

Niigata

Rail
  • Niigata Station
  • Higashi-Niigata Station
  • Niigata Freight Terminal
The journey

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
40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 51 km against 44 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Minamiuonuma, Tōkamachi, Jōetsu. 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 Mitsuke at 06:06 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 Mitsuke to Niigata

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 Mitsuke to Niigata take?

The Train from Mitsuke to Niigata takes 1h 11m door to door, of which 27m is spent moving. The route runs 51 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 Mitsuke to Niigata cost?

The Train from Mitsuke to Niigata starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €32.23. 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 Mitsuke to Niigata?

2 operators run the Train from Mitsuke to Niigata: East Japan Railway Company, JR East. 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 Mitsuke to Niigata use?

The Train from Mitsuke to Niigata leaves from Mitsuke Station and arrives at Niigata 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 Mitsuke to Niigata?

Fares for the Train from Mitsuke to Niigata bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 37 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Mitsuke to Niigata produce?

The Train from Mitsuke to Niigata produces about 1.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 51 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 Mitsuke to Niigata?

Operators on the Train from Mitsuke to Niigata publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 11m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Mitsuke to Niigata on September 10, 2026: 51 km of route against 44 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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