How to buy Kintetsu "Limited Express Tickets" / Ride the popular The Sightseeing Limited Express"SHIMAKAZE," "AONIYOSHI," "Blue symphony," and "HINOTORI"!

• Table of Contents
• What is the Kintetsu Limited Express?
• How to buy Kintetsu Limited Express tickets
• Release date for express tickets

What is the Kintetsu Limited Express?

Kintetsu Limited Express trains run on routes such as from Osaka Namba to Nagoya, from Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya to Ise-Shima, and from Osaka to Nara. All seats on Kintetsu Limited Express trains are reserved. When using the train, you will need to purchase an express ticket in addition to a regular ticket. You can purchase a ticket by specifying the date of travel, train, carriage, seat, and travel section.

Kintetsu Limited Express also operates comfortable express trains such as The Sightseeing Limited Express"SHIMAKAZE," "AONIYOSHI," and "HINOTORI."

How to buy Kintetsu Limited Express tickets

There are three ways to buy express tickets. We will list them in order of recommendation.

①Book and buy online

②Buy at the station ticket counter

3) Buy your ticket from the "Limited Express Ticket Vending Machine" on the station platform.

1. "Ticketless Express Tickets" - Book and buy online

You can easily reserve and purchase tickets for Kintetsu Limited Express trains online. Select the train you want to ride and make a reservation. Select the date of use and departure time, and then either type in the station name directly or click on the station name on the route map to select the departure or arrival station.

You can choose your preferred seat and change it up to three times free of charge before the train departs.

If you purchase online, you will not be issued a paper ticket, but rather it will be a ticketless express ticket. Payment can only be made by credit card.

Purchase a Kintetsu Limited Express ticket

②Buy at the station ticket counter

You can purchase express tickets at the ticket counters of stations where Kintetsu Limited Express stops. Tell the attendant at the counter which express train you want to board. You can pay by credit card or cash. You can purchase tickets in person, but there is often only one person at the counter, so you may have to wait.

3) Buy your ticket from the "Limited Express Ticket Vending Machine" on the station platform.

At stations where Kintetsu Limited Express trains stop, there are ticket vending machines for limited express tickets inside the station ticket gates (inside the station or on the platform). Select the section of the limited express train you want to ride on the screen, and after payment, the limited express ticket will be issued. Payment can be made by cash, credit card, or IC card.

Release date for express tickets

Limited express tickets go on sale from 10:30 one month prior to the date of travel (the same day of the previous month). The Sightseeing Limited Express"SHIMAKAZE" and "AONIYOSHI" are popular and may be fully booked on weekends and during peak tourist seasons, so we recommend that you make your reservation early once your plans are decided!

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