In particular, many of the canceled Skyliners are around the time when most flights to/from North America are scheduled. During that time there is no N'Ex as well. You could easily wait an hour if you choose to take the train. This is how Japan welcomes tourists back!

How much electricity does pachinko consume in Tokyo? More than twice as much as the entire subway entire system. That's how much:
http://www.mutantfrog.com/2011/04/20...-conservation/

Nonetheless, Tokyo commuters can look forward to a hot and sweaty commute this summer, while pachinko halls crank up the power...

Balls!

Turns out that above quote about pachinko was from Tokyo Governor Ishihara, so what's the probability it is right?

Meantime, the following announcement has now appeared on the JR East web site:

Geez Rich. Throw me a bone. Source please!

Mutant frog says that the deputy mayor says that the pachinko industry gave him the data ... So where did you hear different?

Here's one result from googling "Ishihara pachinko:"

http://www.majiroxnews.com/2011/04/2...hinko-bashing/

Seems he took on vending machines as well.

Yeah - I can also find Ishihara's original rant about pachinko.

The article I posted cited a quotation from the pachinko industry in protest at Ishihara's loose cannon comments. The industry stated that it only used 840kW. AFAIK, that's not a quote from Ishihara. That's from the industry. (Unless you can provide a source that says Ishihara made up the number).

Just noticed that the Narita Express has gone to "partial service" http://www.jorudan.co.jp/info/english/eq_en.html

Prior to this there was an actual schedule for morning & afternoon. Any recent travelers care to comment?

The Narita Express schedule is still (up to 8th May at least) as I posted here.

Thanks for the reply. As I read this, there are no Shinjuku stops in the evening? I want to say that some of the final destinations have stops in Shinjuku...not sure. I'm May 18-23. Hoping for the best.

It may help you to look at a route map:
http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/access/train/index.html

The trains for Omiya, Ikebukuro, and Takao make a brief stop at Shinjuku.

NEX appears to be out of service. Can anyone confirm?

The note on the Jorudan page says "partial[ly] out of service".

I will post an updated timetable in #58. They seem to have restored some afternoon services. ^

Narita Express timetable (from 9 May until further notice)
 

All trains stop at Tokyo & Shinagawa stations.
Schedule is subject to change.
Narita Express tickets may be reserved one month in advance.

From Narita Airport
Departure times are from Narita Airport T1
07:31 NEX 2 to Ofuna
08:13 NEX 6 to Ikebukuro / Ofuna
08:50 NEX 8 to Ikebukuro / Yokohama
09:15 NEX10 to Ofuna
09:45 NEX12 to Shinjuku / Yokohama
10:45 NEX16 to Ikebukuro / Yokohama
11:15 NEX18 to Ikebukuro / Ofuna
14:15 NEX28 to Shinjuku / Ofuna
15:15 NEX32 to Shinjuku / Ofuna
16:15 NEX36 to Shinjuku / Ofuna
16:45 NEX38 to Shinjuku / Ofuna
17:16 NEX40 to Omiya / Ofuna
17:44 NEX42 to Ofuna
18:15 NEX44 to Ikebukuro
18:48 NEX46 to Omiya / Ofuna
19:15 NEX48 to Ikebukuro
19:45 NEX50 to Takao / Ofuna
20:44 NEX52 to Takao / Ofuna
21:44 NEX54 to Ikebukuro / Ofuna

To Narita Airport
Arrival times at Narita Airport T1
07:18 NEX 1 from Takao / Ofuna
07:56 NEX 5 from Takao / Ofuna
08:10 NEX 7 from Omiya / Ofuna
08:36 NEX 9 from Shinjuku / Ofuna
09:01 NEX11 from Ofuna
09:28 NEX13 from Shinjuku
09:58 NEX15 from Ofuna
10:58 NEX17 from Omiya / Ofuna
13:58 NEX27 from Ikebukuro / Ofuna
14:57 NEX31 from Ikebukuro / Ofuna
15:57 NEX35 from Ikebukuro / Ofuna
16:27 NEX37 from Ikebukuro / Yokohama
16:57 NEX39 from Ofuna
17:29 NEX41 from Shinjuku / Yokohama
18:27 NEX45 from Shinjuku / Yokohama
19:34 NEX49 from Shinjuku / Yokohama
20:05 NEX51 from Shinuku / Ofuna

Timetable in pdf (in Japanese) may be found here.

Hey, thanks for the update timetable! This is looking much better. One of my co-workers was just there and had to bus it into town, but maybe he had arrived from prior to the old afternoon service. This new schedule is looking much better for my trip next week!

Out of curiosity, where are you fishing this schedule from?

JR East website (in Japanese) ;)

http://www.jreast.co.jp/