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Would you recommend the Keisei Skyliner or Limited Express? Well, though I've never taken Keisei liners, Skyliner in this case sounds worth additional 920 yen per adult. A Ltd. Express train of Keisei is available at fare only, has no seats with reservation; you'd better
have enough time to take seats (before its departure if your station is named "Narita Airport"). Along Keisei Main Line, there are some private junior and senior high schools; trains even in your direction may get crowded with students, commuters or so during evening rush hour.
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We are a family of 4 (2 adults and children age 12 and 15). :
If Skyliner, is the Skyliner+Metro pass worthwhile or should we look into another kind of ticket combination for our next day of touring Tokyo? This pass does
not have kids' rate version, while the tickets are
available separately at kids' rate (1,260 yen = 960 yen + 300 yen). Using this pass, an adult gets discount of 420 yen (2,100 yen = 1,920 yen + 600 yen - 420 yen).
If the 12-year-old member's next birthday is 2 April 2010 or comes later, kids' rate will apply at railways until March 2010. To the 15-year-old member, adults' rate applies at railways. (I say more on this later.)
http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/keisei_us/html/s...Rides on Toei subway lines are not covered by the Tokyo Metro Special ticket. If all adults among you get the discount mentioned above, I guess this ticket may be good for your rides within Tokyo Metro (I mean you exit Tokyo Metro through a station's outer gate for transfer to another company line). This ticket requires you on purchase to show something to indicate you have come to Japan by air. I think Common One-day Ticket for Tokyo Metro & Toei Subway (1,000 yen per adult) may result in costing too high for your one-day touring, even if it is regarded as costing 580 yen per adult under the discount.
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Also advice on the specific logistics would also be helpful as it is difficult to understand the system from just from the guidebooks.Do your subway guidebooks list Fukutoshin Line? I consider data on a page linked from the top page of the same official website as rather trustworthy. You have only one day to tour Tokyo; you may miss the fun if you adventurously try to experience many things at one time. As to transportations in Tokyo, unexpected things may cause confusion. Some subway platforms have doors, some not. Some subway stations separate gates by directions, some not.
I recommend that you research recent data, get up a practicable plan, and never regret until you reach rest place if something doesn't go as scheduled.
As to kids' rate at railways in Japan:
- Presumably, major railway companies have one criterion in common: kids' rate at railways applies to a child for 6 academic years (April - March) including the days by which it fulfills its 7th - 12th years since its date of birth.
- Kids' rate at railways is set for:
fares, Keisei charges for liner services, JR charge for reservation of normal seats, JR charges for Express / Ltd. Express / Shinkansen Superexpress services.
- Kids' rate at railways is NOT set for:
JR charges for liner services / queuing order tickets / Green [first-class] seats / sleeping car beds.
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