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Asakusa and ginza line 2017/6/15 21:05
Dear all, need your advice. Do i have to buy pass if i use asakusa or ginza line ? Im only have JR Pass.

Is it include in JR Pass or not ?

Thank u
by Ronald (guest)  

Re: Asakusa and ginza line 2017/6/16 10:39
Asakusa and Ginza lines are subway lines and not compatible with the JR Pass.
by John B digs Japan (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Asakusa and ginza line 2017/6/16 13:00
Asakusa and Ginza line is NOT "JR" railway track sections.
So pass NOT covered.

Asakusa line is belonging "Toei" (as Bureau of Transportation. Tokyo Metropolitan Government),
https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/eng/
Ginza line is belonging "(Tokyo)Metro",
http://www.tokyometro.jp/en/index.html
both are different rail company of Subway in Tokyo.

"JR" has not subway(underground mainly) section.
Just some lines have through the underground section and underground stns.
Also in Tokyo area(means not only in Tokyo as address) have more than rail companies exist, see the rail map carefully.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Greater_Tokyo
So in Tokyo, that PASS covered only for JR-East and JR-Central lines other comanies are NOT.
(except "Tokyo Monorail" in Tokyo)
http://www.japanrailpass.net/en/index.html
http://www.japanrailpass.net/en/about_jrp.html
http://www.tokyo-monorail.co.jp/english/
(This PASS can be used in Tokyo Monorail bc "JR-East" is a major shareholder.)

This is animation of trains in mid Tokyo that based timetable(not realtime locating).
http://www.demap.info/tetsudonow/
You can see the many lines with different companies(designed) train icons.
Google Map based, so you can move to next area by map drag if need.
(even jump to out of Tokyo by menu on top)

Searching for the transit in Tokyo and around is Google map enough that result "JR" icon with like this.
https://goo.gl/maps/twbpgukS6bN2
https://goo.gl/maps/zG7eviCJWqv
by Nagliz (guest) rate this post as useful

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