Originally Posted by
jib71
I guess these are all in a different category - more tourist attraction than transport, but ...
Rocky Mountain Mountaineer in Canada
The Ghan in Australia? (Strinosphere)
Eastern & Oriental Express in Singapore and Malaysia? (C'mon, don't tell me that it's the Singlosphere)
Blue Train in South Africa?
Never been on either but they look comfortable and classic from my seat on the edge of the internet.
I just got tickets for a 2.5 hour Gran Class trip next month and I’ll let y’all know how it went. My first trip was last year, about 80 minutes. I was the only one in the car the whole time and the attendant was a young girl. It felt like being in business class on an airplane.
Originally Posted by
5khours
I rode it a couple of dozen times this past winter on days trips to go skiing. It's really only comfortable if you sit in the front row and put your feet up on the wall. Also it always feels and smells kind of sterile to me.
You rode Gran Class to Yuzawa 24 times?
Originally Posted by
kaka
Please kindly first do a research on which routes have Gran Class!?!?!
Some have attendants, some don’t. Some serve drinks and food, some don’t. Just ride it!
Originally Posted by
kaka
i agree with this point. i did it just because i wanted to experience the tunnel and i had the pass paid for. 5 hours on train (To Hakodate) vs 1.5 hours on a plane is LOL. Hakodate to Sapporo is another 6 hours i think.
(Since this is FT and I assume the reader is a non-Japanese citizen) I'd pay
14040 per flight (or
10800 if you flew with a Oneworld airline on a non-Oneway ticket) and get to the city in 3 hours and a bit.
you can pay the same 80 USD to upgrade to plane first class.
PS: If you already bought a JR Pass and has nowhere else to go beyond sapporo, then stop by aomori and hakodate. you get some good views at hakodate and good tuna, scallops and apple at aomori
How much time in the terminal and long was trip to the city from the airport?