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The MARS system used in JR ticket offices is Japan’s largest online real-time system, providing a year-round availability of 99.999%. [2] It offers a range of services, including seat reservations on Shinkansen and Limited Express trains and fare calculation for basic fare tickets, commuter passes, and express tickets. [3]
The Japan Rail Pass (ジャパンレールパス, japan rēru pasu), also called the JR Pass, is a rail pass sold by the Japan Railways Group exclusively for overseas visitors. It is valid for travel on all major forms of transportation provided by the JR Group in Japan , with a few exceptions.
The site now receives more than one million visitors a month. Nearly all of the information compiled in the site is based on his own travels and experiences, and it includes in-depth guides on booking rail tickets within Europe, as well as information on booking rail travel to and within other areas of the world, including exhaustive coverage of the Indian Railways and Russian Railways.
Akabane Line (East Japan Railway Company) Akasaki Line (Freight. Iwate Kaihatsu Railway) Akasako Branch Line (Nagasaki Electric Tramway) Akechi Line (Akechi Railroad) Akita Nairiku Line (Akita Nairiku Jukan Railway) Akita Rinkai Railway Line (Freight. Akita Rinkai Railway) Akita Shinkansen (Nickname. East Japan Railway Company) Akō Line (West ...
All travel on Sunrise Seto requires a seat reservation at a Midori no Madoguchi ticket counter or ticket machine. The "seat" number shown on your reserved seat ticket is the number of your berth or Nobi-nobi space. Demand is high for this train so a seat reservation should be made as soon as possible after picking up your Japan Rail Pass.
The train travelled between Tokyo Station and Osaka Station in six hours and 50 minutes and first enabled passengers to go and return between the two cities in one day. This is why the train was named Kodama, or echo. [citation needed] A narrow gauge world speed record of 163 km/h was established by a 151 series Kodama trainset on 31 July 1959. [3]
Holders of the Japan Rail Pass can reserve a Nobi-nobi space at free, or reserve a berth by paying the limited express and berth charges. A shower is located in cars 3 and 10. Passengers using the A Single Deluxe compartments are provided with a free shower card to use the showers on the train, while other passengers have to pay ¥330 for a ...
Sasazu Station: As mentioned above, the 610 mm gauge 24 km line to Kamioka-Cho operated from 1910 until altered to connect at Inotani station in 1931. The Toyama Railway operated a 12 km line to Minami-Toyama between 1914 and 1933. In 1943, the Toyama Electric Railway reopened the line, electrified at 600 V DC, and operated it until 1975.