Sendai to Matsudo train

Trains from Sendai to Matsudo start at €47.64 and take 3h 7m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Sendai to Matsudo starts at €47.64 and takes 3h 7m door to door, run by 1 operator over 333 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 7mDoor to door
  • 2h 23mMoving
  • €47.64From
  • 11.0 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€37.74
  1. East Japan Railway Company EJ736606:492h 23m09:12Sendai StationMatsudo Station

Door to door 3h 7mCO2 11.0 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
East Japan Railway Company€37.743h 3m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • East Japan Railway Company

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

A hotel room

Where to stay in Matsudo

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 Sendai to Matsudo

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

  1. €49.2990 days
  2. €34.9960 days
  3. €31.6945 days
  4. €36.6430 days
  5. €49.2921 days
  6. €53.6914 days
  7. €59.197 days
  8. €74.593 days
  9. €82.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €82.84, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €55.34Sun
  2. €47.64Mon
  3. €54.24Tue
  4. €49.29Wed
  5. €63.04Thu
  6. €58.09Fri
  7. €53.69Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Sendai

Rail
  • Sendai Station
  • Sendaikō Station
  • Sendai Futō Station

Matsudo

Rail
  • Matsudo Station
  • Kita-Matsudo Station
  • Shin-Matsudo 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 333 km against 289 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 Iwaki, Kōriyama, Utsunomiya, Suginami. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Sendai at 06:49 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 Sendai to Matsudo

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 Sendai to Matsudo take?

The Train from Sendai to Matsudo takes 3h 7m door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 333 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 Sendai to Matsudo cost?

The Train from Sendai to Matsudo starts at €47.64 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €41.58. 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 Sendai to Matsudo?

1 operators run the Train from Sendai to Matsudo: East Japan 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 Sendai to Matsudo use?

The Train from Sendai to Matsudo leaves from Sendai Station and arrives at Matsudo 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 Sendai to Matsudo?

Fares for the Train from Sendai to Matsudo bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.69. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Sendai to Matsudo produce?

The Train from Sendai to Matsudo produces about 11.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 333 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 Sendai to Matsudo?

Operators on the Train from Sendai to Matsudo publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 7m 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 Sendai to Matsudo on September 12, 2026: 333 km of route against 289 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €47.64, and 3h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Matsudo is somebody else's catalog.

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Things to do in Matsudo

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Matsudo, with free cancellation on most of it.

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