Sasebo to Chikushino-shi train

Trains from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi start at €11.88 and take 1h 30m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 94 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 30mDoor to door
  • 46mMoving
  • €15.19 to €30.04From
  • 06:02 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 3.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€15.19 to €30.04 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.

九州旅客鉄道 runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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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 €30.04Sat19
  2. about €27.84Sun20
  3. about €21.24Mon21
  4. about €18.49Tue22
  5. about €19.59Wed23
  6. about €24.54Thu24
  7. about €22.89Fri25
  8. about €17.94Sat26
  9. about €16.29Sun27
  10. about €16.29Mon28
  11. about €15.19Tue29
  12. about €16.29Wed30
  13. about €17.39Thu1
  14. about €20.69Fri2

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 5, 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. 九州旅客鉄道 S-360306:0248m06:50Sasebo StationTsuko Station

Door to door 1h 32mCO2 3.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€14.64
  1. JR Kyushu JR707906:2346m07:09Sasebo StationTsuko Station

Door to door 1h 30mCO2 3.1 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.
OperatorFromFastest
JR Kyushu€13.541h 27m
九州旅客鉄道€11.881h 28m

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

A hotel room

A room in Chikushino-shi for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Sasebo to Chikushino-shi

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

  1. €19.0490 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €14.6430 days
  5. €14.0921 days
  6. €20.6914 days
  7. €22.897 days
  8. €21.243 days
  9. €30.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 153 percent. The most expensive point is €30.04, 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. €16.29Sun
  2. €16.29Mon
  3. €15.19Tue
  4. €16.29Wed
  5. €17.39Thu
  6. €20.69Fri
  7. €17.94Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Sasebo

Rail
  • Sasebo Station
  • Kita-Sasebo Station
  • Naka-Sasebo Station

Chikushino-shi

Rail
  • Tsuko Station
  • Haruda Station
  • Murasaki Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 94 km against 82 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 Nagasaki, Isahaya. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Sasebo at 06:02 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Sasebo to Chikushino-shi

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 Sasebo to Chikushino-shi take?

The Train from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi takes 1h 30m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving. The route runs 94 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 Sasebo to Chikushino-shi cost?

The Train from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €19.59. 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 Sasebo to Chikushino-shi?

2 operators run the Train from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi: JR Kyushu, 九州旅客鉄道. Between them they file around 4 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 Sasebo to Chikushino-shi use?

The Train from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi leaves from Sasebo Station and arrives at Tsuko 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 Sasebo to Chikushino-shi?

Fares for the Train from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi produce?

The Train from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi produces about 3.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 94 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 Sasebo to Chikushino-shi?

Operators on the Train from Sasebo to Chikushino-shi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 30m 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 Sasebo to Chikushino-shi on September 18, 2026: 94 km of route against 82 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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