Sightseeing train Gran Tenku starts operation linking Osaka and Mt. Koya

The four-carriage Gran Tenku, a new sightseeing train that connects Osaka to Mt. Koya, a UNESCO world heritage site in Wakayama Prefecture, began operations on Friday.Succeeding the Tenku service, which ended in March, the train offers the operator's first onboard meal service in roughly a century, as part of an effort to accommodate a broad range of demand from foreign visitors and other tourists, said Nankai Electric Railway Co.The train can carry 70 passengers and make two daily round trips in the morning and afternoon between Namba Station in Osaka and Gokurakubashi Station in Koya, Wak…READ FULL ARTICLE