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Medios de Transporte

Basic Transeportation Information

From the airport

From the airport to Tokyo
*Año 2010: El acceso a Tokio será aún más cómodo

Bus

How to take a bus/Fare indication

Train

The kind of train[JR.Subway...]

How to buy tickets/How to go through a wicket/Fare systems

Reservations/Timetable

For Passsengers with children

Car

Taxi/Rental car

Ship

How to ride a ship/Fare indication

Transportes

Tokio cuenta con diversos medios de transporte cuales: trenes, autobuses, monocarriles y transbordadores, que utilizados de manera inteligente le permitirá moverse cómodamente por Tokio. En cuanto no todas las compan~i'as de transporte aceptan el uso de tarjetas de cre'dito, verifique su aceptación de antemano refiriéndose a la pa'gina de inicio de “Turismo de Tokio”.
Los trenes constituyen un medio de transporte ba'sico en Tokio, con una compan~i'a estatal JR y varias compan~i'as privadas. La Suica (abono Suica) de la JR y el PASMO de las compan~i'as privadas son unas tarjetas muy convenientes que permiten montar en los trenes y bajar o cambiar durante el trayecto sin tener que adquirir billete alguno, sino simplemente insertando la tarjeta en la compuerta automa'tica. La SUICA y el PASMO son un tipo de tarjeta prepago que pueden ser recargadas cuando su importe haya disminuido y continuar utiliza'ndola. El importe todavi'a disponible puede ser verificado en los expendedores automa'ticos situados en las estaciones, en los cuales es posible recargar en caso de necesidad.
Adema's existe el Japan Rail Pass, un pase para los trenes del pai's exclusivo para los turistas extranjeros de visita en Japo'n. Este pase es ideal para los que quieran visitar otras prefecturas del pai's partiendo desde Tokio ya que ofrece un elevado i'ndice de descuento sobre las tarifas de viaje en los trenes bala (Shinkansen).
Los autobuses se subdividen en autobuses urbanos y de li'nea, en autocares especializados en turismo, y en algunas a'reas, en autobuses itinerantes de servicio gratuito. Los aeropuertos de Narita y de Haneda no solamente disponen de servicios ferroviarios directos hacia y desde sus terminales sino tambie'n de servicios regulares de enlace desde diversas partes del pai's que permiten un acceso conveniente. Los autobuses, al igual que los trenes, admiten tarjetas prepago que permiten evitar el tener que siempre contar con cambio. Existen tarjetas prepago de 1.000, 3.000 y 5.000 yenes que pueden ser adquiridas directamente a bordo de los autobuses.
Los transbordadores no so'lo se pueden considerar unos aute'nticos medios de transporte sino tambie'n un medio de excursio'n simple que permite admirar la ciudad desde el agua. Las a'reas que se asoman al oce'ano ofrecen la oportunidad de hacer el viaje de ida en tren y el de vuelta en transbordador para gozar dos veces del mismo recorrido pero de manera completamente diferente. Aproveche su estadi'a en Tokio y experimente un viaje en transbordador.

Trains

Buses

Ships

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Taxi

There are approximately 50,000 taxies operated in Tokyo. The maximum number of passengers per one small- or medium-size taxi is four persons. You can take one from a taxi depot at the airports and most train stations. On the street, you can catch a cruising taxi when you let the driver know by raising your hand and the car is also vacant. To tell whether the car is vacant or not, look for the red sign of "空車 (vacant)" on the car's windshield or see if the lamp on top of the car is on. The left rear door is opened and closed automatically by a driver for a customer. You make a payment as indicated by the fare meter when the car arrived at the destination. Credit cards are accepted by some taxies and the types of acceptable credit cards should be posted inside the car. Remember that not all taxies accept the credit card, and even when they do, it may require certain conditions such as the payment has to be more than 5,000 yen, etc.

Approximately 90 percent of Tokyo's taxies are medium-size taxies. Besides them, there are other kinds of taxies available as follows

□Small-size taxi
The maximum number of passengers is four persons and is the same as the medium-size taxies. If you want to catch a small-size taxi whose fare is a bit lower than that of medium-size taxies, the easiest way is to go to a taxi depot exclusive for small-size taxies, which is available at six locations in Tokyo, including the west underground exit of Shinjuku Station, the Marunouchi north exit of Tokyo Station, and the east exit of Ikebukuro Station. In addition, there are other five locations of the taxi depots which small-size taxies share with medium-size taxies to ply for customers. This includes the one at the Haneda Airport terminal-BIG BIRD-.

□Minivan taxi("wagon taxi")
Wagon taxies are convenient when you have much luggage. By the controlled allocation system, there are always a certain number of wagon taxies available at Narita and Haneda Airports as well as Tokyo City Air Terminal. Some wagon taxies may cruise in the city. The rate is the same as that of medium-size taxies except a case of a called dispatch.

□Radio taxi ("musen taxi")
There are about 30,000 radio taxies operating in Tokyo. You first call a taxi company and they will send the one available to the location you desire. While they charge an extra dispatch fee, the basic rate for the ride is the same as standard medium-size taxies.

□Limousine taxi ("hire")
Limousine taxies use better grade cars than standard taxies. 4,000 limousine taxies in large-size and medium-size, and "saloon taxies" are available in Tokyo.

□Share-ride taxi ("noriai taxi")
Share-ride taxies are something between taxies and buses. Customers who head to the same destination share the ride, paying less than standard taxies. They are available from both Narita and Haneda Airports to central Tokyo.

Rental cars

Rent-a-car companies are available throughout Tokyo. Since many of them offer a special rate for an advanced reservation as well as for an internet reservation, it is wise to do some researches in advance if you know when you need to rent a car.

The rental cars in Japan mostly use Japanese cars with a driver sheet on the right side. In Japan, cars drive the left side of the street and traffic rules are basically the same as other countries. Traffic circles are very rare.

For more information about the rental cars, please check the related pages of "Tokyo Tourism Info."

Airportｓ    

*Año 2010: El acceso a Tokio será aún más cómodo

The Narita International Airport, which is the entrance for air traffic to Japan, and Haneda Airport, the center for internal flights, are accessible from the city center by various means. However, it is best to start early leaving ample time so as not to be late for one's plane. The following sightseeing in Tokyo site provides airport access information:

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