Thursday, December 22, 2011

Taking the Seibu Railroad Maid Train. The average age of previous participants: 34.5 years

Translated from the original article at: http://ikebukuro.keizai.biz/headline/378/



Caption: This is the second (trial) of the maid train.

On January 14th of next year, the Seibu Railroad company is conducting a second run of the maid train. The BS Visual company (Japanese site) (Bunkyō, Tōkyō) is co-operating in the operation.

The event is the same as before, a round trip between Seibu's Ikebukuro station and Chichibu station. Last time, 360 seats were available for sale, which sold out within two weeks. The average age of the participants was 34.5 years, 94% said to be male.

The railroad cars being used are the Red Arrow Classic (models), which went into operation on November 27th of this year. The train is made up of 7 cars, of which 6 are used for seating, with a total capacity of 300 people. There's a maid for each car. Two of the cars will have a support maid, for a total of 9 maids arranged to ride the train.

Arranged for all of the cars: In addition to announcements, the maids offer drink service, goods for sale, and will be holding game tournaments. There will be a photography event at the stations, and a talk show event at the shops lining the Chichibu station.

For the round trip, the departure time is 9:25AM from the Seibu Ikebukuro Station. Arrival at the Seibu Chichibu Station is at 11:14. The train departs from Chichibu at 2:31PM and arrives back at Ikebukuro  at 4:32.

Travel prices: Adults=5,500 yen, Children=5,000 yen. Accepting applications until January 1st, from the home page only. (Order of arrival depends on application completion.)

Original Text
西武鉄道で「メイドトレイン」運行へ前回参加者平均年齢は34.5

今回で2度目の「メイドトレイン」

西武鉄道は来年114日、2回目の「メイドトレイン」を運行する。運営には、BSビジュアル(文京区)が協力する。

西武池袋駅から西武秩父駅間を列車で1往復する同イベント。前回は360人分の席を発売し、約2週間で完売した。参加者の平均年齢は34.5歳で、男性が94%を占めていたという。

使用する車両は今年1127日から運行を開始した「レッドアロークラシック」。7両編成の車両のうち6両を使い、定員は300人。メードは各車両1人づつ、2車両につき1人のサポートメードの計9人が乗車を予定する。

車内ではメードによるウエルカムドリンクの提供やワゴンでの車内販売、車内放送、ゲーム大会などを行う。西武秩父駅ではメードと列車の撮影会のほか、秩父仲見世広場でトークショーなどの各種イベントを予定。

往路は、西武池袋駅925分発、西武秩父駅1114分着。復路は西武秩父駅1431分発、西武池袋駅1632分着。

旅行代金は、大人=5,500円、子ども=5,000円。申し込みは13日まで、ホームページからのみ受け付けている(先着順で定員になり次第終了)。

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