Originally Posted by railroadtycoon
The Limited express fee is often bundled as a "RESERVED SEAT CHARGE" on timetables, so that probably explains why it shows as 50plus USD dollars, which is the approximate limited express fee to kyoto from Tokyo.
The figures (before basic fare) I got from the website for Tokyo-Kyoto are
1) 5,240 JYP for normal coach
2) 9,880 JYP for green coach
Hence total fare for Tokyo-Kyoto on green coach will be 17,860 JYP which looks right.
I think I have got the basic fare figure wrong initially.
Thanks
railroadtycoon ^