Fastest€49.84
- Central Japan Railway Company CJ831406:033h 17m09:20Ōsaka StationKitakyūshū Freight Terminal
Door to door 4h 1mCO2 14.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Osaka to Kitakyushu train
Trains from Osaka to Kitakyushu start at €59.74 and take 4h 1m at their fastest.
The Trains from Osaka to Kitakyushu starts at €59.74 and takes 4h 1m door to door, run by 2 operators over 437 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 1mDoor to door
- 3h 17mMoving
- €59.74From
- 14.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|
 Central Japan Railway Company | €46.54 | 3h 44m |
| West Japan Railway | €52.59 | 3h 46m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Kitakyushu is not something we sell.
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When to book Osaka to Kitakyushu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €60.9190 days
- €37.3160 days
- €47.9345 days
- €42.0330 days
- €56.9921 days
- €55.6014 days
- €62.687 days
- €79.793 days
- €115.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.31.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 210 percent. The most expensive point is €115.84, 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.
- €67.44Sun
- €54.42Mon
- €54.42Tue
- €70.94Wed
- €70.35Thu
- €56.99Fri
- €82.29Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Osaka
Rail
- Ōsaka Station
- Ōsaka Tōkō Station
- Ōsakashijō Station
Kitakyushu
Rail
- Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal
- Anō Station
- Jōno 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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 437 km against 437 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Takamatsu, Kurashiki, Fukuyama, Okayama. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Osaka at 06:03 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.
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 | 4h 1m | 3h 17m | 44m | €59.74 | 14.4 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 4h 12m | 1h 2m | 3h 10m | €54.42 | 110.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Osaka to Kitakyushu
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 Osaka to Kitakyushu take?
The Train from Osaka to Kitakyushu takes 4h 1m door to door, of which 3h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 437 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 Osaka to Kitakyushu cost?
The Train from Osaka to Kitakyushu starts at €59.74 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €59.19. 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 Osaka to Kitakyushu?
2 operators run the Train from Osaka to Kitakyushu: Central Japan 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 Osaka to Kitakyushu use?
The Train from Osaka to Kitakyushu leaves from Ōsaka Station and arrives at Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal. 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 Osaka to Kitakyushu?
Traveling from Osaka to Kitakyushu by Flight costs €54.42 and takes 4h 12m door to door, against 4h 1m 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 Osaka to Kitakyushu?
Fares for the Train from Osaka to Kitakyushu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.31. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 210 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Osaka to Kitakyushu produce?
The Train from Osaka to Kitakyushu produces about 14.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 437 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 Osaka to Kitakyushu?
Operators on the Train from Osaka to Kitakyushu publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 1m 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 Osaka to Kitakyushu on September 11, 2026: 437 km of route against 437 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €59.74, and 4h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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