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fearziz Apr 5, 2012 12:08 pm

NRT to Shibuya
 
I've traveled from HND to Shibuya but never NRT to Shibuya. I need a little guidance. Can i take the Keisei Oshiage Line to Oshiage and transfer on to the Hanzomon Line for a direct to Shibuya? I reckon this will cost me close to 2000 yen...just guessing though.

swy Apr 5, 2012 12:35 pm

try http://www.hyperdia.com/

Global1Flyer Apr 5, 2012 12:48 pm

Cheapest route:
Narita Airport to Nippori with Keisei line, transfer to JR Yamanote line to Shibuya.
It cost 1,190Yen and 1hour and 50minutes
If you have big luggage, avoid morning “Rush hour” on JR Yamanote line

Fastest route:
Narita Airport to Nippori with Sky liner on Keisei line, transfer to JR Yamanote line to Shibuya.
It cost 2,590Yen and 1hour and 10minutes
If you have big luggage, avoid morning “Rush hour” on JR Yamanote line

Easiest Route:
Narita Airport to Shibuya with JR Narita Express, there is no transfer.
It cost 3,110Yen and 1houre 20minutes

LapLap Apr 5, 2012 12:50 pm

Check the hyperdia website for the timetables but you may as well just get the JR Narita Express direct to Shibuya. You can buy a combined NRT Express Suica combination ticket and as it comes with 1,500yen preloaded onto the Suica card the journey effectively costs the 2,000yen you're aiming for:
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/suica-nex/

William S Apr 5, 2012 1:01 pm

Narita Express is easiest and takes you directly to Shibuya. However it is probably the slowest train in Japan or at least among the slowest ones...

fearziz Apr 5, 2012 1:35 pm

appreciate it folks

joejones Apr 5, 2012 10:31 pm


Originally Posted by William S (Post 18341623)
Narita Express is easiest and takes you directly to Shibuya. However it is probably the slowest train in Japan or at least among the slowest ones...

NEX isn't particularly slow, it just takes a less direct route. Skyliner cuts more or less straight eastward from Tokyo while NEX has to go south to Chiba and then back north to the airport. You can get a sense of the difference from this map:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sk...eisei_Line.svg

That said, as noted in one of the posts above, the travel time difference to central Tokyo is pretty slim unless you are going to Nippori or Ueno.

Global1Flyer Apr 5, 2012 11:27 pm


Originally Posted by LapLap (Post 18341577)
Check the hyperdia website for the timetables but you may as well just get the JR Narita Express direct to Shibuya. You can buy a combined NRT Express Suica combination ticket and as it comes with 1,500yen preloaded onto the Suica card the journey effectively costs the 2,000yen you're aiming for:
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/suica-nex/

Don't forget to refund deposit(500Yen) and unused reloaded amount before leaving Japan.

lobsterdog Apr 6, 2012 12:04 am

Also remember that the "fastest" route calculated online won't necessarily get you to your destination the earliest - Hyperdia and its ilk only calculate total time from first station to final station, ignoring waiting time. So if the next Skyliner with free seats is an hour from now but there's an NEX train leaving in five minutes, you're obviously better off with the NEX.

jpatokal Apr 6, 2012 5:56 am


Originally Posted by lobsterdog (Post 18344463)
Also remember that the "fastest" route calculated online won't necessarily get you to your destination the earliest - Hyperdia and its ilk only calculate total time from first station to final station, ignoring waiting time.

Not so -- they most definitely do include waiting time, and do quite a good job of telling you which option will actually get you there the fastest.

fearziz Apr 6, 2012 8:11 am

just so I have this right, the NRT Exp runs directly from the airport to Shibuya with no transfers..correct? In that case wouldn't it make sense to get the Suica & N'EX Round-Trip card for 5,500 Yen?

Steve M Apr 6, 2012 9:26 am


Originally Posted by fearziz (Post 18345807)
just so I have this right, the NRT Exp runs directly from the airport to Shibuya with no transfers..correct? In that case wouldn't it make sense to get the Suica & N'EX Round-Trip card for 5,500 Yen?

Yes, and yes. I've done it several times myself, and it's by far the easiest. Also, in addition to not having to transfer, you get the benefit of a train that was designed for airport travelers for the entire journey, including such amenities as large luggage storage at the ends of each compartment.

O Sora Apr 6, 2012 10:27 am


Originally Posted by Steve M (Post 18346226)
Yes, and yes.

+1. And the seats.

Keisei trains.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3067/2...1cf33bf2f5.jpg
Keisei by Ruke★, on Flickr

Yamanote Line.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5011/5...fe503861e0.jpg
[160yen - A day on the Yamanote line] - Osaki - 08:22 by fabuchan, on Flickr

N'EX
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4123/4...73061742eb.jpg
The New Narita Express by wongjp, on Flickr

lobsterdog Apr 6, 2012 1:48 pm


Originally Posted by jpatokal (Post 18345309)
Not so -- they most definitely do include waiting time, and do quite a good job of telling you which option will actually get you there the fastest.

Sorry, but that's not correct. The total time listed on Hyperdia and Jorudan includes waiting time between trains, but it doesn't include waiting time for the first train.

(And also, as I said, if the next train leaving doesn't have any free seats, Hyperdia certainly isn't going to tell you that.)

ksandness Apr 6, 2012 4:11 pm


Originally Posted by O Sora (Post 18346537)
+1. And the seats.

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O Sora, what you have there is a picture of the Keisei commuter train (the ¥1000 yen option), not the Keisei Skyliner.

Here is a picture of the interior of the Keisei Skyliner.

http://www.blue-works.com/jprail/wp-...eries_seat.jpg


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