International Railroad Discussion > Keisei Skyliner at Narita Airport Tokyo Japan

Keisei Electric Railway AE series set AE03 arriving Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station on the Skyliner service from Keisei Ueno. The AE series, introduced in 2010 and built by Nippon Sharyo, operates on the Narita Sky Access Line between Narita Airport and central Tokyo. Each trainset consists of eight cars powered by 1,500 V DC overhead supply and is capable of 160 km/h operation, the highest speed permitted on conventional track in the Tokyo region. The Skyliner service covers the 64 km route between Narita Airport and Keisei Ueno in approximately 41 minutes, with intermediate stops at Airport Terminal 2·3 and Nippori. This second-generation AE series replaced the earlier AE100 series used on the same route. October 12, 2025 - Charles Freericks



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/31/25 21:03 by erielackawanna.

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Very nice composition in an otherwise challenging environment - underground and obstacles. I see approaching headlights (on the JR side) about to block your angle. I assume you were waiting on the JR East side of Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station, to hop onboard the Narita Express or a Rapid?

A bit off topic, but here's a video of a "roped safety barrier" on the left side of your shot. I got this 7 years ago at Takatsuki, between Kyoto and Osaka (Kansai region). West Japan Railway (JR West) has adopted the roped barriers for several years already in the Kansai region.

Narita Airport stations (Terminal 1, Terminal 2) are the only stations in the Kanto Region (Tokyo Metro area) that have the roped barriers. East Japan Railway (JR East) has not implemented the barriers elsewhere... yet.

And Keisei Railway's Skyliner service is the only 160 km/h running service in Japan now, using the Cape Gauge (1067 mm) tracks. The other service (Hoku-Hoku Line) stopped running at that speed in 2015, due to a new Shinkansen extension that covered that territory. 

Thanks for the quick report!

 

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