Take the panda train! Known as the “black and white” period to limit the panda train, start to run from August 5, 2017 till November 2019

Take the Panda train! ~ 

The Kuroshio (くろしお) is a limited express train service in Japan connecting Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Tennōji, Wakayama, Kii-Tanabe, Shirahama, and Shingu via the Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line), Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, and Kisei Line (Kinokuni Line), operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). This article covers the derivative limited express trains, “Super Kuroshio (スーパーくろしお)” and “Ocean Arrow (オーシャンアロー)”, the names of which were discontinued from start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012.

Station stops:

Kyoto – Shin-Osaka – (Nishikujo) – Tennoji – (Izumi-Fuchu) – (Hineno) – (Izumi-Sunagawa) – Wakayama – Kainan – (Minoshima) – (Fujinami) – (Yuasa) – Gobo – (Minabe) – Kii-Tanabe – Shirahama – Susami – Kushimoto – Koza – Taiji – Kii-Katsuura – Shingu

(): limited stop

As trains go direct from the Loop Line to the Umeda Freight Line and Shin-Osaka, no trains go to Osaka Station.

This special limited train start to run from August 5, 2017 till November 2019.


In the same county , zoo “Adventure World” together, there is a real panda can watch. Seat chair design is also a panda, the side of the train also painted a giraffe with a lion.

JR West Japan, the 30th anniversary of the opening this year, Adventure World next year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the opening.

During this period, the Wyeth County theme park “Adventure World” and JR West Japan, in the zoo, many scenes are designed to be packed on the train and run. The concept of packaging is “throbbing”, the head of the vehicle is the face of the panda, the side of the body part of the animals are jumping all kinds of scenes designed. To see with the people who ride will feel “throbbing”. Let the smile spread the special design of the packaging train running.

Because only one compartment, from August 5, 2017 to run until November 2019. Running the interval with the timetable is not the same every day, JR West Japan, said: even if the panda train, but also to see the real panda by their healing it!

Adventure World official website

For more details, see JR West Japan’s official website

picture and refer to:wiki  and asahi



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