Cheapest€17.39
- Hokkaido Railway Company HR273214:151h 12m15:27Sapporo StationHakodate Station
Door to door 1h 56mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Sapporo to Hakodate train
Trains from Sapporo to Hakodate start at €20.69 and take 1h 51m at their fastest.
The Trains from Sapporo to Hakodate starts at €20.69 and takes 1h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 152 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 51mDoor to door
- 1h 7mMoving
- €20.69From
- 5.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€20.14
- Hokkaido Railway Company HR969819:591h 7m21:06Sapporo StationHakodate Station
Door to door 1h 51mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hokkaido Railway Company | €17.39 | 1h 50m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Sapporo to Hakodate
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.6490 days
- €14.0960 days
- €14.6445 days
- €18.4930 days
- €20.1421 days
- €27.8414 days
- €31.417 days
- €31.143 days
- €42.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 198 percent. The most expensive point is €42.03, 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.
- €25.09Sun
- €21.24Mon
- €20.69Tue
- €22.89Wed
- €27.84Thu
- €27.84Fri
- €26.19Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sapporo
Rail
- Sapporo Station
- Shin-Sapporo Station
- Sapporo Shijō Station
Hakodate
Rail
- Hakodate Station
- Hakodate-Sanbashi Station
- Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto 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
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 152 km against 152 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Tomakomai, Muroran, Takikawa, Noboribetsu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 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 Sapporo at 06:28 and the last at 19:59, across 10 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 | 1h 51m | 1h 7m | 44m | €20.69 | 5.0 kg | 10 |
| Flight | 3h 47m | 37m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 38.6 kg | 8 |
Questions about Sapporo to Hakodate
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 Sapporo to Hakodate take?
The Train from Sapporo to Hakodate takes 1h 51m door to door, of which 1h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 152 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 Sapporo to Hakodate cost?
The Train from Sapporo to Hakodate starts at €20.69 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €23.72. 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 Sapporo to Hakodate?
1 operators run the Train from Sapporo to Hakodate: Hokkaido Railway Company. Between them they file around 10 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 Sapporo to Hakodate use?
The Train from Sapporo to Hakodate leaves from Sapporo Station and arrives at Hakodate 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 Sapporo to Hakodate?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Sapporo to Hakodate, at €20.69 and 1h 51m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Sapporo to Hakodate?
Fares for the Train from Sapporo to Hakodate bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Sapporo to Hakodate produce?
The Train from Sapporo to Hakodate produces about 5.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 152 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 Sapporo to Hakodate?
Operators on the Train from Sapporo to Hakodate publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 51m 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 Sapporo to Hakodate on September 11, 2026: 152 km of route against 152 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.69, and 1h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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