Semiprivate booths with luxurious seats will be introduced on shinkansen bullet trains connecting Tokyo and western Japan by March 2028, the operator said Wednesday, citing expected demand from inbound tourists and business travelers.
Central Japan Railway Co will replace 20 of the 68 seats in each first-class car on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line with six luxury seats. The booths will have lockable doors, and the seats can be rotated for face-to-face conversations.
JR Central said the planned introduction of fully private booths on Tokaido shinkansen trains is now set for fall 2026. Each trainset will have two booths.
The private and semiprivate booths will be offered on about 30 percent of Tokaido shinkansen services, the company said.
Fares and other service details will be announced at a later date, JR Central said.
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kurisupisu
Those rich Chinese tourists are demanding luxury!
HopeSpringsEternal
In China and other places, now busy building Hyperloop networks that travel several times faster while using FAR less energy/eco, quieter and with latest tech, must be nice!
falseflagsteve
I saw about this but they seem to only be for 1 person. If I were to use this I would like 2 seats for myself and my partner or son. So, I guess I’d stick to the usual seats.
diagonalslip
falseflagsteveToday 02:10 pm JST
I saw about this but they seem to only be for 1 person. If I were to use this I would like 2 seats for myself and my partner or son.
kohakuebisu
I hope they are going to charge massive fares, i.e., more than 20/6=3.2 times the regular fare. And not use such carriages on the busiest services where people may have to stand.
Negative Nancy
Its time they did away with green cars and this kind of nonsense and just made the entire train more comfortable by spreading the seats across all cars. Either that, or having luggage cars to accomodate things like bicycles and vast suitcases.
asdfghjkl
As long as any changes should be with Japanese people in mind. People come to Japan and love what is working for the Japanese people.
chatanista
That sounds pretty cool but how much will the extra charge be?