Nankai Electric Railway will begin selling Limited Express tickets for Cars 1 and 2 and various plans for Car 4 of the “GRAN Tenku” from April 1.
“GRAN Tenku” is a sightseeing limited express that will start operation on April 24, connecting Namba and Gokurakubashi stations in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It will operate two round trips per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Intermediate stops are Shin-Imamiya, Tengachaya, Sakaihigashi, Kongo, Kawachinagano, Rinkandenentoshi, Hashimoto, and Kudoyama stations.
The train is a refurbished 4-car formation of the 2000 series. Car 1 is equipped with 24 “Relax Seats,” Car 2 with 30 “Wide View Seats,” Car 3 is a lobby lounge, and Car 4 is equipped with 16 “Gran Seats” and “Gran Seat Plus” seats. In Car 4, a “Morning Plan,” “Lunch Plan,” and “Afternoon Tea Plan” are offered, providing meals matched to the time of day and free-flow beverages associated with the areas along the line, as well as a “One-Drink Plan” that does not include a meal and allows passengers to choose one drink.
When using Cars 1 and 2, a Limited Express ticket is required in addition to the regular fare ticket, and travel solely between Namba and Tengachaya stations is not permitted. The various plans for Car 4 include the fare between any Nankai Station and Koyasan Station. Both the Gran Seats and Gran Seat Plus seats in Car 4 are configured as four-seat booths and can be used by parties of two or more people. Children may not travel alone.
Reservations and purchases are accepted via a dedicated website on the internet. From 10:00 a.m. on April 1, Limited Express tickets for Cars 1 and 2 and the various Car 4 plans for travel between April 24 and 30, as well as 2-seat-use portions of the various Gran Seat plans for travel between May 1 and 10, will go on sale. For travel dates after this period, Limited Express tickets for Cars 1 and 2 and the various Car 4 plans will be available from 30 days before the boarding date, and 2-seat-use portions of the various Gran Seat plans will be available from 40 days before the boarding date.
The reservation deadlines are up to 3 minutes before departure for Cars 1 and 2, up to 4 days before for meal-included plans in Car 4, and up to the previous day for the One-Drink Plan. Same-day reservations for Cars 1 and 2 are also accepted at Namba Station Service Center and Gokurakubashi and Koyasan stations. If you pay the Limited Express surcharge on board after making a reservation, no additional fee will be charged, but if you board without a reservation, a flat additional fee of 300 yen will be applied. Same-day reservations for Car 4 are not available.
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