Shikoku Highway Bus Revamps Timetables for Nagoya, Kobe/Osaka, and Fukuoka Routes

Shikoku Highway Bus Revamps Timetables for Nagoya, Kobe/Osaka, and Fukuoka Routes

Shikoku Highway Bus will revise the timetables for its express buses on the “Takamatsu / Marugame – Fukuoka Line” and the “Marugame / Zentsuji – Kobe / Osaka / Universal Studios Japan (USJ) Line”.

On the Nagoya Line, services will begin calling at Sakaide Station from April 1. In conjunction with this change, the Kousoku Marugame (Express Marugame) bus stop will be abolished. One round trip per day will operate as an overnight service between Sakaide Station and Meitetsu Bus Center. En route, the buses will stop at Marugame Station, Zentsuji Inter Bus Terminal (BT), Takamatsu Station Express Bus Terminal, YouMe Town Takamatsu, Takamatsu Chuo Inter BT, Kosoku Miki, Kosoku Shido, Kosoku Tsuda, Kosoku Ouchi, Kosoku Hiketa, Naruto Nishi, and Naruto Inter Kita-guchi (North Exit). The minimum travel time between Sakaide Station and Meitetsu Bus Center is 9 hours. From the same date, a variable fare system will be introduced, with one-way adult fares between Kagawa Prefecture and Nagoya starting from 4,000 yen.

On the Kobe / Osaka Line, services will be extended to Sakaide Station from March 1. There will be 7 round trips per day between Sakaide Station and Osaka Umeda. En route, the buses will stop at Marugame Station, Zentsuji Inter BT, Kousoku Marugame (Express Marugame), Sannomiya Bus Terminal, Universal Studios Japan (USJ; only on some services), and Minatomachi Bus Terminal. The minimum travel time between Sakaide Station and Osaka Umeda is 4 hours and 15 minutes. One-way adult fares are 4,500 yen between Kagawa Prefecture and Kobe, and 4,800 yen between Kagawa Prefecture and Osaka.

On the Fukuoka Line, services will be extended to Kochi Station from April 1. One round trip per day will operate as an overnight service between Kochi Station and Nishitetsu Tenjin Express Bus Terminal in Fukuoka. En route, the buses will stop at Harimaya-bashi (upbound only toward Fukuoka), Kochi Station (downbound only toward Kochi), Takamatsu Station Express Bus Terminal, YouMe Town Takamatsu, Takamatsu Chuo Inter BT, Zentsuji Inter BT, Marugame Station, Sakaide Station, Kokura Station Front, and Hakata Bus Terminal. The travel time between Kochi Station and Nishitetsu Tenjin is 12 hours. One-way adult fares start from 7,700 yen between Kochi and Fukuoka, and from 7,200 yen between Kagawa Prefecture and Fukuoka.

In conjunction with these changes, the sale of connection tickets between Kochi – Takamatsu – Nagoya and Kochi – Takamatsu – Fukuoka will end on March 31. Sales of connection tickets between Tokushima – Takamatsu – Fukuoka will continue.

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