Transportation in Tokyo

Transportation in Tokyo is represented by:

• Buses of municipal and private carriers. The routes connect mainly subway stations. A full-day pass costs 500 JPY and a single ticket costs 200 JPY;
• trams on the only surviving line of 12 km (day pass - 400 JPY, one trip - 160 JPY);
• the Shinkansen bullet trains which connect Tokyo to the suburbs;

Travel tips for tourists on rail transportation in Tokyo: if you can't find a ticket price for a destination, buy the cheapest ones (from 160 JPY) - you'll just have to pay the difference when you get off the train.

Train cars are colored according to the line they serve - so to get to central Tokyo, for example, you can take the yellow Sobu line;

• monorail on the Tokyo Monorail, Tama Toshi Monorail Line, and Chiba Urban Monorail. Fares start from 150 JPY;
• metro - 13 modern lines, more than 220 stations served by Tokyo Metro, Toei. Prices for transportation in Tokyo can be calculated using calculator;

Tokyo's public and rapid public transportation are excellent - it's convenient to use them thanks to the precise connectivity of subways, shinkansen.