Sagano Romantic Train

We plan to purchase advanced ticket for the ride to Kameoka Station hoping to secure a reserved seats at the rich/open section of the train. Can I ride the train from Torokko Arashiyama Station (second station of the line)? Will they not forfeit our reserved seats if we didn't ride the train from Torokko Saga Station? I'm worried that they might give the slots to other passengers if they found the seats still vacant from the beginning station. Thanks.

Hello.
You can reserve the advanced ticket from Arashiyama to Kameoka.
This seat will not be cancelled even if you don't ride on from the first station.
However,the rich open coach (coach 5) seats are out of advanced reservation.
You can reserve these seat on the day when you ride on only.

Hi,
Thanks for the info.
For the open coach reserved seats, when you say on the day we will ride the train, did you mean that it can only be bought from the Torokko Saga/Arashiyama Station? How about purchasing it from other JR West stations on the day we will be going to Arashiyama?

Hello.

The rich open coach ticket can be bought only at three stations ticket counter,Torokko Kameoka,Torokko Arashiyama and Torokko Saga.

Ticket counter is open at 8:30,but many people is in line for purchasing the tickets before the counter opens.

I think it is very difficult to get the rich open coach ticket.

The rich open coach ticket cannot be bought at JR West counter or other counter.