281系 関空特急はるか23号 関西国際空港行き 京都駅から終点関西空港駅間 (1/3)

Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2025

After spending almost 35 minutes of anticipated waiting on Tracks No. 30 & 31, a 9-car 281 series EMU finally arrived at Kyoto Station by exactly 11.08 a.m. on Track No. 30, approximately four minutes behind schedule. The train had arrived from Kansai International Airport in the main waters of Osaka Bay as the Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka" No. 12 bound for Kyoto, and would undergo an extensive cleaning process prior to finally becoming the Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka" No. 23 bound for Kansai International Airport later on. The main interior cleaning process took not more than approximately 15 minutes.

Upon completion of the entire main cleaning procedures, all of the cleaning signs were removed by exactly 11.20 a.m., thus permitting the passengers to board the train service to Kansai International Airport. With that moment, I quickly boarded the train via Car No. 1, which was the Green Car (first class) coach, and stowed my baggage in the major baggage racks before securing my assigned Seat No. 7A for the rapid and routine early afternoon trip time of 1 hour 20 minutes to Kansai International Airport situated on the central reclaimed island around the waters of Osaka Bay.

The seat next to me, 7B, would remain vacant for the main early afternoon trip of 1 hour 20 minutes from Kyoto to Kansai International Airport. Once the clock struck precisely 11.30 a.m., all the doors were closed, and the Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka" No. 23 soon departed Kyoto Station for its short and routine afternoon trip of just 1 hour 20 minutes to Kansai International Airport situated on the reclaimed artificial island close to the waters of Osaka Bay. I was then en route for a routine early afternoon trip duration of just 1 hour 20 minutes to Kansai International Airport situated along the reclaimed island close to the waters of Osaka Bay.