Hankyu Corporation has announced that its PRiVACE (PRiVACE) seat reservation cars will begin service on July 21, and has also released details of the service.
It runs approximately one or two trains per hour from 6:00 to 21:00. The trains will operate between Osaka-Umeda Station and Kyoto-Kawaramachi Station on the Kyoto Line, and will basically be set up as semi-expresses in the morning and evening, and as limited expresses during the day, although some will run as commuter limited expresses. The number of trains will be increased sequentially, with plans to operate four to six trains per hour around 2025.
A 500 yen seat reservation ticket is required to use the service. Tickets can be purchased on the website from 14 days to 1 minute before departure, or onboard if seats are available. Payment can be made online by credit card or PayPay, and in-train by cash or a transportation system IC card.
The previously announced point system will be called “PRiVACE points” and will give 5 points for every 2,500 yen spent on a ticket purchased online using a HH cross ID or Takarazuka Revue common ID (campaigns will also be conducted depending on the time of day, etc.). (Campaigns will also be conducted depending on the time of day, etc.). The points can be used as 1 yen per point for subsequent purchases.
In addition, the company also announced the lending of “IKOU portable chairs” for children who have difficulty sitting alone in a seat. The chair can be used by making a request to the attendant.
Prior to the start of the service, seat trial events will be held from June 16 to 23 at the square in front of Big Man at Umeda Station in Osaka, and from June 28 to 30 and from July 5 to 7 at the event space in Kawaramachi Garden in Kyoto. Visitors will receive a Carrel Chapek tea bag as a gift. A test drive event will also be held on July 13 and 14, and applications will be accepted on the website from June 3 to 23.
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