JR Central to Release ‘Commemorative Tickets’ for the 60th Anniversary of the Tokaido Shinkansen

JR Central will release ‘Commemorative Tickets’ as part of the 60th-anniversary project of the Tokaido Shinkansen.

There are two types of tickets: ‘Retro C Limited Express Ticket + Admission Ticket’ and ‘Unreserved Seat Limited Express Ticket’, each limited to 6,000 sets and 2,000 tickets respectively. The tickets can only be used on the 60th anniversary date, October 1st.

The ‘Retro C Limited Express Ticket + Admission Ticket’ consists of 11 C limited express tickets connecting Tokyo to Shin-Osaka station in one section each, and 5 admission tickets newly introduced after the opening. The price is 6,660 yen (tax included), with a separate shipping fee of 500 yen.

The ‘Unreserved Seat Limited Express Ticket’ offers four types of Shinkansen unreserved seat limited express tickets, imagining the design at the time unreserved seats were introduced on the Tokaido Shinkansen: from Tokyo station to Shin-Osaka station (4,960 yen), from Shizuoka station to Tokyo station (2,530 yen), from Nagoya station to Tokyo station (4,180 yen), and from Shin-Osaka station to Tokyo station (4,960 yen). A separate shipping fee of 500 yen applies.

Sales will be held at the ‘Shinkansen Complete Shop’ in JR Central MARKET, from 3:00 PM on August 5th until August 31st.The tickets will be sent by simplified registered mail from early September.