Otaru to Muroran train

Trains from Otaru to Muroran start at €16.84 and take 1h 35m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Otaru to Muroran starts at €16.84 and takes 1h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 112 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 35mDoor to door
  • 51mMoving
  • €16.84From
  • 3.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026

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

Cheapest€16.84
  1. Hokkaido Railway Company HR644706:3651m07:27Otaru StationMuroran Station

Door to door 1h 35mCO2 3.7 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Hokkaido Railway Company€16.841h 35m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Hokkaido Railway Company

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Muroran is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Muroran Station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Otaru to Muroran

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

  1. €21.2490 days
  2. €13.5460 days
  3. €14.6445 days
  4. €14.0930 days
  5. €17.9421 days
  6. €22.3414 days
  7. €25.097 days
  8. €23.993 days
  9. €32.791 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 142 percent. The most expensive point is €32.79, 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.
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. €19.04Sun
  2. €19.59Mon
  3. €18.49Tue
  4. €18.49Wed
  5. €20.14Thu
  6. €25.09Fri
  7. €22.34Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Otaru

Rail
  • Otaru Station
  • Hama-Otaru Station
  • Shin-Otaru Station

Muroran

Rail
  • Muroran Station
  • Nishi-Muroran Station
  • Higashi-Muroran Station
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 112 km against 97 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 Kitahiroshima, Ebetsu, Eniwa, Tomakomai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 88 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Otaru at 06:36 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 Otaru to Muroran

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 Otaru to Muroran take?

The Train from Otaru to Muroran takes 1h 35m door to door, of which 51m is spent moving. The route runs 112 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 Otaru to Muroran cost?

The Train from Otaru to Muroran starts at €16.84 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €25.64. 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 Otaru to Muroran?

1 operators run the Train from Otaru to Muroran: Hokkaido Railway Company. 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 Otaru to Muroran use?

The Train from Otaru to Muroran leaves from Otaru Station and arrives at Muroran 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 Otaru to Muroran?

Fares for the Train from Otaru to Muroran bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 142 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Otaru to Muroran produce?

The Train from Otaru to Muroran produces about 3.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 112 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 Otaru to Muroran?

Operators on the Train from Otaru to Muroran publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 35m 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 Otaru to Muroran on September 12, 2026: 112 km of route against 97 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 1h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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