Tokyu will operate the first luxury sightseeing train "Royal Express" in Shikoku and Setouchi next spring|Details scheduled to be announced around July

Tokyu has announced that it will collaborate with JR Shikoku, JR Freight, and JR West Japan to operate a cruise train of the luxury sightseeing train "Royal Express" in the Shikoku and Setouchi areas from January to March 2024. (Photo: Izukyu "Izu Kogen Station")

With the aim of promoting tourism and revitalizing the region in the Shikoku and Setouchi areas, the cruise train will be held a total of six times, departing from Okayama and visiting tourism resources such as the Takamatsu and Matsuyama areas, with one session lasting four days.

The "Royal Express" is a luxury train owned by Tokyu, and will operate JR West between Okayama ~ Kagoshima and JR West Japan in cooperation with JR West Japan and Kagoshima ~ Shikoku Island using JR Freight and JR West electric locomotives in Shikoku and Setouchi. This year, Izukyu (April ~ June) and JR Hokkaido ( August ~ September It is planned to operate in.

Details of the Shikoku and Setouchi cruise trains will be announced and applications will be made around July.
In the first year (2020) in Hokkaido, where we first expanded to the region, we received about eight times as many applications as we could (Tokyu).