The was a "Rapid" limited-stop suburban rail service in Greater Tokyo operated since April 1991 until March 2018 by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It ran from to via the

Yokosuka is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has a population of 409,478, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region. The city ...

, Sōbu, and Narita lines, with a total length of 152.5 km. Only trains heading towards Narita Airport were identified as ''Airport Narita''; those on the return journey towards

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

were unnamed.JR Timetable, April 2011 issue

Route

Kurihama → Ōfuna → Tokyo

See

Yokosuka Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the 23.9 km segment between an ...

for local trains.

Tokyo → Kinshichō → Chiba

See

Sōbu Line (Rapid) The Sōbu Line (Rapid) ( ja, 総武快速線, ) is a railway service on the Sōbu Main Line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Tokyo Station in Chūō, Tokyo with Chiba Station ...

for rapid trains.

Chiba → Sakura → Narita → Narita Airport Terminal 1

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Rolling stock

All ''Airport Narita'' services were operated using

E217 series The is a suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the Kantō region of Japan since 1994. Design Introduced in 1994 to replace the 113 series EMUs running on the Sōbu Line (Rapid) a ...

electric multiple unit (EMU) trains.

History

The ''Airport Narita'' rapid services were introduced from 20 April 1991 to supplement the popular ''

Narita Express , abbreviated as N'EX, is a limited express train service operated in Japan since 1991 by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), serving Narita International Airport from various Greater Tokyo Area stations. Services run approximately half-hou ...

'' limited express services which commenced the previous month. Initially, 16 services ran in each direction daily, using

113 series The is a Japanese suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in 1963 by Japanese National Railways (JNR), currently operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), and formerly also op ...

EMU formations based at Ōfuna and Makuhari depots. Trains including SaRo 124 Green (first class) cars were allocated to these services, as these had expanded luggage storage space. From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2018, the name ''Airport Narita'' was discontinued on rapid services to Narita Airport, in order to avoid confusion with the limited express ''

'' services which also serve Narita International Airport.

References

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