Narita Airport to Tokyo: Skyliner, N'EX, Bus and Taxi Fares (2026)

Keisei Skyliner: fastest to Ueno and Nippori

The Skyliner leaves from Narita Airport Terminal 1 station and Airport Terminal 2·3 station (which serves both Terminal 2 and Terminal 3), and runs non-stop to Nippori and Keisei Ueno; a few trains also stop at Aoto and Shin-Kamagaya. It's the quickest train into Tokyo: 36 minutes to Nippori at best, and 41 to Keisei Ueno. Keisei runs three an hour, and on the weekday timetable from Terminal 2·3 the first leaves at 7:27am and the last at 11:03pm. Every seat is reserved, each car has its own luggage space, and every seat has a power outlet.

• Standard fare: ¥2,580 one way to Nippori or Keisei Ueno: the ¥1,280 ordinary fare (¥1,267 by IC card) plus the ¥1,300 Skyliner ticket. Children ¥1,290.
• Online discount: ¥2,310 one way, or ¥4,500 for a round trip, if you buy through Keisei's Skyliner e-ticket, a designated travel agency or on board some flights. The child one-way discount is online only.
• On the day: buy at the Skyliner ticket counters or machines in either airport station (credit cards accepted). Tickets go on sale a month ahead. Board without a Skyliner ticket and you pay ¥300 extra.

Keisei also sells a Skyliner and Tokyo Subway Ticket combination, the Skyliner plus 24, 48 or 72 hours on the Tokyo Metro and Toei subways. From 14 March 2026 it costs ¥3,100 to ¥6,100 depending on the version, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's announcement of the new subway-ticket prices.

At Nippori, Keisei's transfer gate takes you to the JR lines, including the Yamanote Line for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and round to Shibuya. From Ueno, Asakusa is a short ride on the Ginza Line.

Narita Express (N'EX): direct to Tokyo, Shibuya and Shinjuku

JR East's Narita Express runs from both airport stations to Tokyo Station, then splits: one half goes on to Shinagawa, Shibuya and Shinjuku, the other to Yokohama and Ofuna. That makes it the train to take for the west side of the city, with no change and no stairs with your suitcase. You can reserve a seat in any ordinary car, and with a ticket that has no seat number you can sit in any empty seat.

• Fares (ordinary car, one way): ¥3,140 to Tokyo Station; ¥3,330 to Shinagawa, Shibuya or Shinjuku. Green Car (first class): ¥3,910 and ¥4,100.
• N'EX TOKYO Round Trip Ticket: ¥5,200 (children ¥2,600), for overseas visitors, valid 14 days. One-way it's dearer than the Skyliner, but if you're flying home from Narita too, the return works out at ¥2,600 each way.
• Japan Rail Pass: the N'EX is a JR train, so the pass covers it. See Tokyo to Kyoto for whether a pass pays.

Journey times on the November 2026 weekday timetable, from Airport Terminal 2·3: about 52 to 61 minutes to Tokyo Station, 60 to 70 to Shinagawa, 72 to 82 to Shibuya and 78 to 87 to Shinjuku for most of the day; the first trains of the morning are slower. Most of the day there are two trains an hour. The first leaves Terminal 2·3 at 7:40am, and after 8pm they thin to one an hour, with the last at 9:47pm (reaching Shinjuku at 11:12pm). Check which half of the train you're in: the cars for Shinjuku and for Yokohama separate at Tokyo Station.

JR rapid trains (Narita Line and Sobu Line) also run from the airport stations to Tokyo Station and beyond, with no limited-express charge. They're slower and stop often, but they run earlier and later than the N'EX: on weekdays from 6:55am, with the last for Tokyo at 11:00pm.

Keisei Access Express and Main Line: no surcharge

Two more Keisei services need only the ordinary fare, with no Skyliner or limited-express ticket. The Access Express uses the same fast Narita Sky Access line as the Skyliner, then runs through onto the Toei Asakusa Line to Asakusa (about 50 minutes), Nihombashi, Higashi-ginza (about 62 minutes) and Shimbashi, with some trains continuing on Keikyu tracks all the way to Haneda Airport. On the weekday timetable from Terminal 2·3 the first leaves at 5:44am, and through the day they run about every 40 minutes. Late in the evening they stop short at Keisei Takasago, where you'd have to change.

The Keisei Main Line limited express and rapid trains go the slow way via Funabashi to Nippori and Keisei Ueno. They're the cheapest train into Tokyo: Keisei's fare page gives ¥1,030 (¥1,025 by IC card) to Nippori or Keisei Ueno. Expect a lot of stops. On weekdays the first train from Terminal 2·3 leaves at 5:20am (a rapid through to Haneda via the Asakusa Line) and the last to Keisei Ueno at 10:35pm. At Terminal 1 station the Access Express uses track 1 and the Main Line tracks 2 and 3; at Terminal 2·3, Access Express track 1 and Main Line track 3.

Airport Bus TYO-NRT and the limousine bus

Airport Bus TYO-NRT (the former THE Access Narita and Tokyo Shuttle, now one service) is the cheapest direct ride into the centre: ¥1,500 to Tokyo Station (Nihombashi Gate) and some buses to Ginza Station, children ¥750. Buses call at Terminal 3 (bus stop 5), Terminal 2 (stop 6) and Terminal 1 (stop 7). On the timetable from 1 April 2026, the first leaves Terminal 3 at 7:15am and the last at the normal fare at 10:45pm, every 5 to 20 minutes through the day; from Terminal 1 to Tokyo Station takes roughly 65 to 90 minutes depending on the time of day, and traffic can make it longer. There's no advance booking: buy a ticket for a specific bus at the LCB ticket counter in your terminal (cash, IC card or credit card) and be at the stop five minutes before it leaves.

Airport Limousine and the other hotel buses leave from bus stop 10 at Terminal 1. Narita's bus page lists routes from there to Tokyo City Air Terminal and Tokyo Station, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Hibiya and Ginza, Shiodome and Odaiba, Asakusa, Roppongi and Akasaka, and Kabukicho's Tokyu Kabukicho Tower. These can drop you at or near a big hotel. The operator's site blocked our automated checks, so we haven't quoted its fares or times; check limousinebus.co.jp or the bus counter in the arrivals hall.

Narita Airport also lists other low-cost buses into Tokyo, run by different companies:

• Ikebukuro Station West Exit (WILLER EXPRESS): ¥2,300, or ¥1,900 prepaid online
• Shibuya Station, SHIBUYA FUKURAS (Tokyu Bus): ¥2,500
• Toyosu Market (MiCHi-Terrace Toyosu, Keisei Bus): ¥1,800
• Shin-kiba and Shiomi (WILLER EXPRESS): ¥1,500, or ¥1,400 prepaid online

Buy tickets at the bus counter or ticket machine before boarding. Big bags go in the hold; check the operator's rules on power banks and other items that can't go under the bus.

Narita taxi fixed fares

Narita has fixed-fare taxis to Tokyo, run by members of the Narita International Airport Taxi Council. You don't need to book: tell the driver before you set off. Fares are by zone and assume the expressway, with tolls added on top. The airport's own table, airport to zone, for the whole taxi:

• Zone A (Edogawa, Katsushika, Adachi): ¥23,500 via the Keiyo Road, ¥26,500 via the Bayshore route
• Zone B (Koto, Sumida, Odaiba in Minato, Higashi-yashio in Shinagawa): ¥28,000 either way
• Zone C (Chuo, Chiyoda, Taito, Bunkyo, Arakawa: Tokyo Station, Ginza, Ueno, Asakusa): ¥29,000 or ¥31,000
• Zone D (Shinjuku, Toshima, Nakano, Shibuya, Meguro, Minato except Odaiba, Shinagawa, Ota: Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Roppongi): ¥31,500 or ¥32,500
• Zone E (Itabashi, Kita, Nerima): ¥34,000 or ¥36,000
• Zone F (Setagaya, Suginami, Mitaka, Musashino): ¥35,500 or ¥38,500

A late-night and early-morning surcharge applies from 10pm to 5am, and there's an extra charge for going via the Aqua-Line. If you choose ordinary roads instead of the expressway, the driver uses the meter. Taxi stands: No. 15 at Terminal 1, Nos. 28 and 31-A at Terminal 2, and the stand at Terminal 3.

Going the other way, to catch a flight, the Tokyo Individual Taxi Association's members charge their own fixed fare to Narita, booked in advance: ¥26,000 from Chiyoda, Chuo, Taito and the other zone B wards on its list, and ¥28,000 from Shinjuku, Shibuya, Minato and the other zone C wards, plus tolls, on its table from 20 April 2026. A taxi only makes sense for three or four people with luggage, or when the trains have stopped.

Narita to Shinjuku, Shibuya, Tokyo Station, Ueno, Asakusa and Ginza

• Shinjuku: the N'EX, direct, about 80 minutes, ¥3,330. Or the Skyliner to Nippori (36 minutes) and the JR Yamanote Line round to Shinjuku, about 20 minutes more plus the change. Limousine buses go to Shinjuku Station and the big hotels. Taxi: zone D, ¥31,500 or ¥32,500 plus tolls.
• Shibuya: the N'EX, direct, about 75 minutes, ¥3,330. Tokyu's low-cost bus to SHIBUYA FUKURAS is ¥2,500. Taxi: zone D.
• Tokyo Station: the N'EX, about 55 minutes, ¥3,140; or TYO-NRT, roughly 65 to 90 minutes, ¥1,500, the best value for this trip. JR rapid trains are cheaper than the N'EX but slower. Taxi: zone C, ¥29,000 or ¥31,000 plus tolls.
• Ueno: the Skyliner to Keisei Ueno, from 41 minutes, ¥2,580 (¥2,310 online); or the Keisei Main Line, slower but ¥1,030. Taxi: zone C.
• Asakusa: the Access Express, straight through onto the Toei Asakusa Line, about 50 minutes, ordinary fare only. Or the Skyliner to Ueno and the Ginza Line two stops. Taxi: zone C.
• Ginza: TYO-NRT to Ginza Station (some buses), ¥1,500; or the Access Express to Higashi-ginza, about 62 minutes, no change. Taxi: zone C.

Still choosing a base? Where to stay in Tokyo compares the areas, and our Shinjuku, Shibuya, Asakusa and Ginza guides cover each one. Ueno, with the Skyliner terminus, is the easy base for Narita.

After the last train, and the first ones in the morning

Last trains on the weekday timetable from Airport Terminal 2·3 (check your own day, as weekend times differ):

• Narita Express: 9:47pm (Tokyo 10:37pm, Shinjuku 11:12pm)
• Keisei Main Line to Keisei Ueno: 10:35pm
• JR rapid to Tokyo: 11:00pm
• Skyliner to Keisei Ueno: 11:03pm

The late-night bus. Airport Bus TYO-NRT runs one late-night bus to Tokyo Station, leaving Terminal 3 at 11:20pm, Terminal 2 at 11:25pm and Terminal 1 at 11:30pm, and reaching Tokyo Station at 12:38am. It costs the late-night fare of ¥3,000; go straight to the stop and pay on board in cash or with an IC card (credit cards aren't accepted). The last normal-fare bus leaves Terminal 3 at 10:45pm. Times can change, so check TYO-NRT's timetable on the day.

Staying at the airport. Narita says parts of each terminal are open 24 hours: the 1st floor and B1 at Terminal 1, the 2nd and 1st floors and B1 at Terminal 2, and the 1st and 2nd floors at Terminal 3. There's a 24-hour Lawson on B1 at Terminal 1 and at Terminal 3, a 24-hour 7-Eleven and Yoshinoya at Terminal 2, and a capsule hotel in the P2 car park, connected to Terminal 2 (book ahead; it fills up). For that capsule hotel and the airport hotels with free shuttle buses, see hotels near Narita Airport.

First trains. On weekdays the first Keisei Main Line train leaves Terminal 2·3 at 5:20am, the first Access Express at 5:44am, the first JR rapid at 6:55am, the first Skyliner at 7:27am and the first N'EX at 7:40am.

Paying: IC cards and tourist cards at Narita

An IC card (Suica or PASMO) pays the ordinary fare on all these trains (the Skyliner and N'EX also need their own limited-express ticket), and you'll want one for the rest of your trip anyway. At Narita, PASMO's tourist version, TOURIST PASMO, is sold for ¥2,000 (all of it usable value, no deposit) at the SKYLINER & KEISEI INFORMATION CENTER in the Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 stations. It lasts 28 days, and unused value isn't refunded. JR East's Welcome Suica is sold at its travel service centres in the airport stations. For which card to get, Suica on your iPhone, and the 24 to 72-hour subway passes, see our guide to getting around Tokyo.

Haneda vs Narita

Tokyo has two international airports, and for getting into the city Haneda wins clearly. It's in Tokyo itself, about 15 minutes by train from Shinagawa. Narita is in Chiba prefecture, far to the east: even the Skyliner, the fastest train, takes 36 minutes to Nippori, and the N'EX about 55 to Tokyo Station.

The taxi tables show the gap. From Haneda, the fixed fare to Chiyoda ward (including the Marunouchi side of Tokyo Station) is ¥7,600 plus tolls. From Narita, the airport's fixed fare to the same ward is ¥29,000 via the Keiyo Road, and ¥31,500 to Shinjuku or Shibuya, plus tolls.

Moving between the two takes a while too: Haneda's own figures are 90 to 115 minutes by train and 65 to 85 minutes by airport shuttle bus (¥3,600). Some Keisei Access Express trains run all the way from Narita to Haneda with no change.

Narita may have the cheaper flight for your dates, and from Narita, Ueno and the east side are easy. Compare the full cost, including the trip into town; at a similar price, pick Haneda. See Haneda Airport to Tokyo for that side.

How to get from Narita to Tokyo

Staying in Ueno, Asakusa or the east side? Take the Skyliner (¥2,580, or ¥2,310 online), from 41 minutes to Keisei Ueno. Staying at Tokyo Station, Shibuya or Shinjuku? The N'EX goes there with no change (¥3,140 to ¥3,330), or ¥5,200 return if you fly home from Narita. On a budget, or heading for Tokyo Station or Ginza, the TYO-NRT bus is ¥1,500. Landing late? The last Skyliner leaves at 11:03pm on weekdays, and one late-night bus leaves for Tokyo Station at 11:20pm from Terminal 3.

Tourli, the app that turns travel guides into day-by-day plans, can lay out your first Tokyo day around your landing time.