A Trip on Japan's CRAZY Spaceship Airport Train 

Yeah sad to see they stopped the checkin service in the city. But Haruka doesn’t go to Namba though. The city terminal was probably set at Shin Osaka?

@@wenlongdi1762 You are very knowledgeable about Japanese railroads! Yes, because the Haruka does not go through Namba, The CAT function at JR Namba station was serviced by "Kanku-special rapid train" for about 5 years after the opening of Kansai Airport. Therefore, the CAT function of the Haruka train was available from Kyoto Station. It is closed now, but the remains of the CAT ticket gate in the basement of Kyoto Station still remains. Currently, there is no direct train service from JR Namba Station to Kansai Airport. However, JR Namba Station (O-CAT) has increased its function as a bus terminal, and limousine buses to Kansai Airport and Itami Airport arrive and depart frequently. This is a very ironic event. At Shin-Osaka Station, the function of CAT was forsaken because of the short stop time of the Haruka train. If you want to know more about the unfortunate birth of JR Namba, play the following youtube with language translation. This is symbolic of the Japanese economy's fall from grace. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pEA5ektySKw.html

@@travett A problem with the _Haruka_ train until very recently was that the train bypassed the very busy JR West Osaka Station, which is part of the large transportation hub that also housed major Hankyu and Hanshin railway stations. in March 2023, JR West opened new underground platform tracks at Osaka Station, which allows passengers riding the _Haruka_ train to stop at this station.

Oh yeah! What a coincidence about topic and upload time 😅

(I mean one of the stations to another station)

@@pottah2 oh wow I must have messed up something with my timezone conversions 😂😂

You are correct however the nankai doesn't go to Kyoto unless they have a trip that goes all the way up there from there the JR West Haruka is a better choice. However when my mother went there her sister ended up driving to 63 miles 101 km distance between kix and Kyoto

naniwasuji line will change all that when completed; thankfully Umekita was completed last year

Ah good point!

I took it on my way into Tokyo but I didn't film it as it was dark unfortunately :(

@@Simon-Andersen Oh, that's too bad. But I'm glad you had the experience.

Hahaha 😂