Narita Express

Narita Express - There are two trains know as Narita Express: JR Narita Express and the Keisei Skyliner Airport Express. Both Narita Express trains go to Tokyo. There are two train lines from Narita and both will get you into Tokyo. The JR Narita Express line connects conveniently to Tokyo Station (for Shinkansen - “bullet trains” - to the rest of Japan) while the Keisei line has direct trains to Haneda Airport, as well as central Tokyo. The Keisei Skyliner Airport Express is the cheaper option but requires the most skill to figure out what you want and where you are going. It does, however, provide the most hassle-free service to Ginza. Keisei Skyliner Airport Express JR Narita Express The fastest, but the more expensive of the train options. The Japan Rail (JR) Narita Express into Tokyo Station costs about ¥3,000; note that the train is free if you have a Japan Rail Pass. Travel time to Tokyo Station is around 90 minutes. Timetable for JR Narita Express. Directions to Popular Destinations:Shinjuku - Around half the JR Narita Express services go directly to Shinjuku, for the others you will need to change at Tokyo Station for the service through to Shinjuku Station. Shibuya - Some of the JR Narita Express go directly to Shibuya Station. For the others you will need to change at Tokyo Station for the Yamanote Line through to Shimbashi Station and change to the Tokyo Metro Gina Line to Shibuya Station. If you have a JR pass then you should exchange it at the JR ticket counter and use it to reserve your train into Tokyo and possibly your onward train from Tokyo if the latter is a Shinkansen. If you do not have a JR pass then a JR train is generally the most expensive way to get to/from Narita, with the Keisei the cheapest and the bus somewhere in between. Keisei Skyliner Airport Express Keisei Skyliner Airport Express service costs less than ¥2,000 but goes to Ueno instead. Both services require reservations and guarantee you a seat. The budget option is the ordinary Keisei train, which costs less than ¥1,000, but takes ten minutes longer, is often crowded at rush hour (although boarding at Narita is rarely a problem) and may prove confusing for first-timers as not all trains terminate in Ueno. Some Keisei trains run through to the Toei Asakusa subway line, which goes to Asakusa and Ginza. Timetable for Keisei Skyliner Airport Express. (Article based on Wikitravel article by Wikitravel users Jpatokal. Based on work by Paul N. Richter and Andrew Bennetts and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. . Article used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.) | | |