Fastest€33.34
- East Japan Railway Company EJ179006:441h 58m08:42Niigata StationKawaguchi Station
Door to door 2h 42mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Niigata to Kawaguchi train
Trains from Niigata to Kawaguchi start at €38.29 and take 2h 42m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Niigata to Kawaguchi on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Niigata to Kawaguchi starts at €38.29 and takes 2h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 279 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 42mDoor to door
- 1h 58mMoving
- €38.29 to €80.64From
- 06:44 to 07:30First and last departure
- 3Per day
- 9.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 30, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€38.29 to €80.64 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 €69.64Mon14
- about €66.89Tue15
- about €80.64Wed16
- about €76.24Thu17
- about €77.34Fri18
- about €64.14Sat19
- about €62.49Sun20
- about €47.64Mon21
- about €42.69Tue22
- about €38.29Wed23
- about €69.64Thu24
- about €56.44Fri25
- about €58.64Sat26
- about €51.49Sun27
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 30, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 East Japan Railway Company | €33.34 | 2h 41m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Kawaguchi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Niigata to Kawaguchi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.2890 days
- €16.1360 days
- €13.9345 days
- €16.1330 days
- €18.3321 days
- €25.4814 days
- €27.137 days
- €33.183 days
- €35.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 158 percent. The most expensive point is €35.93, 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.
- €25.48Sun
- €22.18Mon
- €21.63Tue
- €24.38Wed
- €24.93Thu
- €26.58Fri
- €23.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Niigata
Rail
- Niigata Station
- Higashi-Niigata Station
- Niigata Freight Terminal
Kawaguchi
Rail
- Kawaguchi Station
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 279 km against 243 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 Utsunomiya, Suginami, Maebashi, Takasaki. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 14 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. 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 Niigata at 06:44 and the last at 07:30, across 3 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 42m | 1h 58m | 44m | €38.29 | 9.2 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 4h 44m | 4h | 44m | €21.63 | 7.5 kg | 3 |
Questions about Niigata to Kawaguchi
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 Niigata to Kawaguchi take?
The Train from Niigata to Kawaguchi takes 2h 42m door to door, of which 1h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 279 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 Niigata to Kawaguchi cost?
The Train from Niigata to Kawaguchi starts at €38.29 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €43.79. 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 Niigata to Kawaguchi?
1 operators run the Train from Niigata to Kawaguchi: East Japan Railway Company. Between them they file around 3 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 Niigata to Kawaguchi use?
The Train from Niigata to Kawaguchi leaves from Niigata Station and arrives at Kawaguchi 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 Niigata to Kawaguchi?
Traveling from Niigata to Kawaguchi by Coach costs €21.63 and takes 4h 44m door to door, against 2h 42m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Niigata to Kawaguchi?
Fares for the Train from Niigata to Kawaguchi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 158 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Niigata to Kawaguchi produce?
The Train from Niigata to Kawaguchi produces about 9.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 279 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 Niigata to Kawaguchi?
Operators on the Train from Niigata to Kawaguchi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 42m 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 Niigata to Kawaguchi on September 13, 2026: 279 km of route against 243 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €38.29, and 2h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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