Originally Posted by
Scifience
Right. If you take the Skyliner, you will transfer to a regular local train operated by JR at Nippori, for which you will need to purchase a separate ticket for ￥190 from one of the machines once you arrive at Nippori. If you take one of the NEX trains that stops at Shibuya, you'll be on the same train the whole way, so obviously you'll only need one ticket.
The Skyliner + Yamanote line combo is a bit faster and cheaper, but a bit more hassle than the NEX.
No, you don't have to do it this way, this is wrong info. If you tell the Keisei line ticket agent your final destination, they will sell you a single ticket that works for the whole trip. At Nippori station, just use the turnstiles marked "Transfer to JR."
Originally Posted by
joejones
You could also take the limousine bus to TCAT (55 minutes) and then take the Hanzomon Line subway from there to Shibuya (20 minutes).
The bus to TCAT is available until midnight:
http://www.tcat-hakozaki.co.jp/eng/i...on/narita.html
If you wanted to take a taxi from T-CAT it would probably be 4,000 yen or so.
It's challenging, but (I believe) possible, to get from the Hanzomon station line station at Shibuya to street level without having to lug your bags up a lot of stairs. You might not want to face this late at night after a long flight.