Shimonoseki to Shūnan train

Trains from Shimonoseki to Shūnan start at €11.89 and take 1h 30m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Shimonoseki to Shūnan starts at €11.89 and takes 1h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 96 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 30mDoor to door
  • 46mMoving
  • €14.09 to €28.94From
  • 06:45 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 3.2 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.

€14.09 to €28.94 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.

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

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Shimonoseki to Shūnan 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 €28.94Fri18
  2. about €25.64Sat19
  3. about €25.09Sun20
  4. about €18.49Mon21
  5. about €17.39Tue22
  6. about €20.69Wed23
  7. about €17.94Thu24
  8. about €16.84Fri25
  9. about €17.94Sat26
  10. about €20.69Sun27
  11. about €14.09Mon28
  12. about €14.09Tue29
  13. about €17.94Wed30
  14. about €16.29Thu1

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€11.89
  1. JR West JR318906:5547m07:42Shimonoseki StationHeta Station

Door to door 1h 31mCO2 3.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€12.99
  1. West Japan Railway WJ944206:4546m07:31Shimonoseki StationHeta Station

Door to door 1h 30mCO2 3.2 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.
OperatorFrom
JR West€11.89
West Japan Railway€12.99

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

A hotel room

A room in Shūnan for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Shimonoseki to Shūnan

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

  1. €14.6490 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8945 days
  4. €12.9930 days
  5. €14.6421 days
  6. €16.2914 days
  7. €17.947 days
  8. €25.093 days
  9. €28.941 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 144 percent. The most expensive point is €28.94, 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. €20.69Sun
  2. €14.09Mon
  3. €14.09Tue
  4. €17.94Wed
  5. €16.29Thu
  6. €16.84Fri
  7. €17.94Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Shimonoseki

Rail
  • Shimonoseki Station
  • Shin-Shimonoseki Station
  • Habu Station

Shūnan

Rail
  • Heta Station
  • Ikunoya Station
  • Katsuma Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 96 km against 83 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kure, Matsuyama. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Shimonoseki at 06:45 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Shimonoseki to Shūnan

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 Shimonoseki to Shūnan take?

The Train from Shimonoseki to Shūnan takes 1h 30m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving. The route runs 96 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 Shimonoseki to Shūnan cost?

The Train from Shimonoseki to Shūnan starts at €11.89 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €33.88. 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 Shimonoseki to Shūnan?

2 operators run the Train from Shimonoseki to Shūnan: JR West, West Japan Railway. Between them they file around 6 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 Shimonoseki to Shūnan use?

The Train from Shimonoseki to Shūnan leaves from Shimonoseki Station and arrives at Heta 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 Shimonoseki to Shūnan?

Fares for the Train from Shimonoseki to Shūnan bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Shimonoseki to Shūnan produce?

The Train from Shimonoseki to Shūnan produces about 3.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 96 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 Shimonoseki to Shūnan?

Operators on the Train from Shimonoseki to Shūnan 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 Shimonoseki to Shūnan on September 17, 2026: 96 km of route against 83 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.89, 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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