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Centrair (NGO): the Mu-Sky, the Mu-Ticket, and which platform

Every car on the Mu-Sky is reserved and needs an extra Mu-Ticket. On the ordinary Limited Express only cars 1 and 2 do.

  • Meitetsu runs the trains from Chubu Centrair station, which is reached from the Access Plaza.
  • The Mu-Sky is the fastest service, and every car on it is a reserved "special car".
  • That means a Mu-Ticket (a special car ticket) on top of the ordinary fare. No exceptions.
  • On the Limited Express (Tokkyu), only cars 1 and 2 are special cars. Cars 3 and up need only an ordinary ticket.
  • All other services - Limited Express with all ordinary cars, Rapid Express, Express, Semi Express and Local - need only an ordinary ticket.
  • The Mu-Sky leaves from platform 1.
  • Every other train leaves from platform 2 or platform 3 - platform 2 is ahead and to the right after the gates, platform 3 ahead and to the left.
  • The ticket office and Mu-Ticket office are to the left of the ticket gates.
  • Reserved car positions are shown on the indicator above the platform doors.

Two trains, two ticket rules

  • Chubu Centrair is served by Meitetsu, the Nagoya Railroad, from a station directly attached to the terminal by way of the Access Plaza.
  • The Mu-Sky is the flagship airport service and it is entirely reserved: every car is a "special car", so you need a Mu-Ticket in addition to your ordinary fare. You cannot board it on a plain ticket.
  • The Limited Express is the compromise. Cars 1 and 2 are special cars needing a Mu-Ticket; cars 3 onwards are ordinary and need only the fare.
  • Everything else - the all-ordinary Limited Express, Rapid Express, Express, Semi Express and Local - needs only an ordinary ticket.
  • This is the fact that catches visitors: a ticket machine will sell you a fare to Nagoya, and it will not by itself let you onto the Mu-Sky.

Which platform

  • The Mu-Sky departs from platform 1. After the gates, go ahead and to the right.
  • All other trains use platforms 2 and 3. Platform 2 is ahead and to the right, platform 3 ahead and to the left. Check the indicator boards.
  • The ticket office and the Mu-Ticket office are both to the left of the ticket gates, before you go through.
  • On platform 1, the position of each special car is shown on the indicator above the platform doors, so you know where to stand.

Practical

  • Meitetsu's Airport Line joins the Tokoname Line and runs to Meitetsu Nagoya, in the centre of the city, next to JR Nagoya station and the Shinkansen.
  • IC cards work, and Meitetsu also takes contactless card and QR payment for ordinary fares - but a Mu-Ticket is a separate purchase.
  • You can buy a Mu-Ticket online through Meitetsu's ticketless service if you would rather not queue.

Nagoya, and its other airport

  • Centrair is on an artificial island in Ise Bay, about 35 km south of central Nagoya. It opened in 2005 and replaced the old airport for scheduled international flights.
  • Nagoya Airfield (NKM), the old one at Komaki, still handles a small domestic operation. If your ticket says NKM rather than NGO, it is a different airport in a different direction.
  • Centrair also has a ferry to Tsu in Mie prefecture, which is the fast way to reach Ise and the Kii peninsula.

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