Sakai to Ōita train

Trains from Sakai to Ōita start at €48.74 and take 3h 54m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Sakai to Ōita starts at €48.74 and takes 3h 54m door to door, run by 1 operator over 445 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 54mDoor to door
  • 3h 10mMoving
  • €55.89 to €130.14From
  • 06:02 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 14.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€55.89 to €130.14 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.

West Japan Railway runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Sakai to Ōita on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €113.09Fri18
  2. about €130.14Sat19
  3. about €110.34Sun20
  4. about €78.99Mon21
  5. about €74.59Tue22
  6. about €86.69Wed23
  7. about €96.59Thu24
  8. about €85.59Fri25
  9. about €91.09Sat26
  10. about €67.44Sun27
  11. about €61.94Mon28
  12. about €55.89Tue29
  13. about €76.24Wed30
  14. about €67.44Thu1

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€48.74
  1. Central Japan Railway Company CJ285007:301h 13m08:43Sakai StationOkayama Station
  2. West Japan Railway WJ330510:002h 12m12:12Okayama StationŌita Station

Changes at Okayama, with 77 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 26mCO2 15.5 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€61.39
  1. West Japan Railway WJ824206:023h 10m09:12Sakai StationŌita Station

Door to door 3h 54mCO2 14.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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
West Japan Railway€55.893h 49m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Ōita. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Ōita for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Ōita Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Sakai to Ōita

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

  1. €58.0990 days
  2. €40.4960 days
  3. €51.4945 days
  4. €55.3430 days
  5. €74.5921 days
  6. €67.4414 days
  7. €96.597 days
  8. €110.343 days
  9. €113.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €40.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €113.09, 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. €67.44Sun
  2. €61.94Mon
  3. €55.89Tue
  4. €76.24Wed
  5. €74.59Thu
  6. €85.59Fri
  7. €91.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Sakai

Rail
  • Sakai Station
  • Sakaishi Station
  • Sakaihigashi Station

Ōita

Rail
  • Ōita Station
  • Ōitakō Station
  • Nishi-Ōita Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 445 km against 387 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 Fukuyama, Matsuyama, Kurashiki, Okayama. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Sakai at 06:02 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 Sakai to Ōita

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 Sakai to Ōita take?

The Train from Sakai to Ōita takes 3h 54m door to door, of which 3h 10m is spent moving. The route runs 445 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 Sakai to Ōita cost?

The Train from Sakai to Ōita starts at €48.74 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €50.39. 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 Sakai to Ōita?

1 operators run the Train from Sakai to Ōita: West Japan Railway. 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 Sakai to Ōita use?

The Train from Sakai to Ōita leaves from Sakai Station and arrives at Ōita 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 Sakai to Ōita?

Fares for the Train from Sakai to Ōita bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €40.49. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Sakai to Ōita produce?

The Train from Sakai to Ōita produces about 14.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 445 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 Sakai to Ōita?

Operators on the Train from Sakai to Ōita publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 54m 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 Sakai to Ōita on September 17, 2026: 445 km of route against 387 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €48.74, and 3h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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