Private rooms to be back on Tokyo-Hakata shinkansen bullet trains from Oct.

Private rooms will be offered on bullet trains linking Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka from Oct. 1, making a comeback to the Tokaido Shinkansen Line for the first time in over two decades, its operator's president said.The dedicated rooms will enable passengers to "secure privacy and travel in a refined setting," Central Japan Railway Co. President Shunsuke Niwa said in a group interview including Kyodo News last month, with demand expected from business leaders and other travelers.Niwa, 60, said ticket prices will be more expensive than the existing Green Car premium seats, but did not elaborate.…READ FULL ARTICLE