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small self-deprecating anecdote: after I landed in Narita for the first time, I rode the Narita Line into Tokyo. I, coming from the US, was absolutely amazed
by 2bitencryption 8y ago
small self-deprecating anecdote:
after I landed in Narita for the first time, I rode the Narita Line into Tokyo.
I, coming from the US, was absolutely amazed at the cleanliness and super-fast speed of the train, which I assumed must be a bullet train because we were traveling so much faster than I had ever traveled by train before.
Imagine my surprise when I found out it was just the regular train line, and the bullet train is a whole different beast...
- Symbiote 8y ago"Maximum speed 130 km/h (80 mph)" (Wikipedia) That's slower than the airport express trains for several European airports I'm familiar with (London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Stockholm, Oslo), which is unexpected. However, it's probably a lot cheaper than any of them.
- innocenat 8y agoNarita Express is among the expensive train in Japan though. Narita Airport to Tokyo station cost JPY2820 (~$25). 130km/h is the maximum speed any train can operate on a line with level crossing designated by Japanese law. But in Japan a lot of train can maintain near maximum speed throughout its journey, unlike what I have seen in the Europe.