From Osaka-abenobashi Station, I went to Imagawa Station on Kintetsu Minami-osaka Line to photograph the trains on Minami-osaka Line and Abeno Harukas.
My targets were 16200 Series "Blue Symphony" and 26000 Series "Sakura Liner".
16200 Series is a 3-carriage set, and both cabbed carriages (16201 and 16301) consist of a 2+1 layout; seats for two and those for three or four. The middle carriage (16251) is a lounge space to eat or drink.
The total design concept for "Blue Symphony" is the train matching the history, culture, and nature scape along Minami-osaka and Yoshino Lines and serving passengers "High-quality travel".
26000 Series "Sakura Liner" debuted in 1990 and was the image leader of the limited express train on Minami-osaka and Yoshino Lines.
The name "Sakura Liner" came after not only the cherry blossoms in Mt. Yoshino but also "Stylish Design", "Comfortable interior", and "Panoramic front view".
The second carriage from Yoshino (type 26200) equips the deluxe-class seats, and some pieces of its accommodation use Japanese handmade paper, the timber of Japanese cypress, and cryptomeria. On the other hand, the ordinary-class seats have roundish headrests, whose design comes after the cherry blossoms.