Takasaki to Niigata train

Trains from Takasaki to Niigata start at €23.98 and take 2h 18m at their fastest.

TakasakiTakasakiNiigataNiigata

The Trains from Takasaki to Niigata starts at €23.98 and takes 2h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 203 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

  • 2h 18mDoor to door
  • 1h 34mMoving
  • €28.39 to €69.64From
  • 06:27 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 6.7 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.

€28.39 to €69.64 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.

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

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Takasaki to Niigata on your date, and you pay on their side.

Partner link. We do not sell this ticket, and we earn nothing from this one.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €69.64Fri18
  2. about €55.89Sat19
  3. about €52.04Sun20
  4. about €36.64Mon21
  5. about €38.84Tue22
  6. about €37.74Wed23
  7. about €48.74Thu24
  8. about €36.09Fri25
  9. about €39.94Sat26
  10. about €33.89Sun27
  11. about €28.39Mon28
  12. about €33.34Tue29
  13. about €34.99Wed30
  14. about €41.04Thu1

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€23.98
  1. East Japan Railway Company EJ140807:3047m08:17Takasaki YardUrasa Station
  2. East Japan Railway Company EJ893909:3356m10:29Urasa StationNiigata Station

Changes at Minamiuonuma, with 76 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 43mCO2 6.8 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€29.49
  1. East Japan Railway Company EJ890506:271h 34m08:01Takasaki YardNiigata Station

Door to door 2h 18mCO2 6.7 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
East Japan Railway Company€26.192h 11m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • East Japan Railway Company

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

A hotel room

A room in Niigata for the night the train gets in

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

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Booking window

When to book Takasaki to Niigata

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

  1. €26.7490 days
  2. €21.2460 days
  3. €24.5445 days
  4. €23.4430 days
  5. €33.8921 days
  6. €41.0414 days
  7. €48.747 days
  8. €52.043 days
  9. €69.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.24.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 228 percent. The most expensive point is €69.64, 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. €33.89Sun
  2. €28.39Mon
  3. €33.34Tue
  4. €34.99Wed
  5. €41.04Thu
  6. €36.09Fri
  7. €39.94Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Takasaki

Rail
  • Takasaki Yard
  • Takasaki Station
  • Kita-Takasaki Station

Niigata

Rail
  • Niigata Station
  • Higashi-Niigata Station
  • Niigata Freight Terminal
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 203 km against 177 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 Minamiuonuma, Nagaoka, Kashiwazaki, Tōkamachi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Takasaki at 06:27 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 Takasaki to Niigata

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 Takasaki to Niigata take?

The Train from Takasaki to Niigata takes 2h 18m door to door, of which 1h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 203 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 Takasaki to Niigata cost?

The Train from Takasaki to Niigata starts at €23.98 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €25.63. 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 Takasaki to Niigata?

1 operators run the Train from Takasaki to Niigata: 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 Takasaki to Niigata use?

The Train from Takasaki to Niigata leaves from Takasaki Yard and arrives at Niigata 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 Takasaki to Niigata?

Fares for the Train from Takasaki to Niigata bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 228 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Takasaki to Niigata produce?

The Train from Takasaki to Niigata produces about 6.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 203 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 Takasaki to Niigata?

Operators on the Train from Takasaki to Niigata publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 18m 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 Takasaki to Niigata on September 17, 2026: 203 km of route against 177 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.98, and 2h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

Being on the water gives Niigata a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Niigata and across Japan

Day trips that leave Niigata in the morning and cover a good part of Japan by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

Plan with Ori

Ori, the trip planner

Ask it something like this