About Tickets
Ticket types
Learn about ticket types and periods of validity, and stopovers.
| Ordinary tickets | One-way tickets |
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| Return tickets |
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| Multiple-trip tickets | Ordinary multiple-trip tickets |
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| School commutation multiple-trip tickets |
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| Commuter passes |
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| Group tickets |
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| Other tickets | Entrance ticket |
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| Travel passes (sold by major travel agencies) |
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| Consigned tickets (sold by major consignment companies) |
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Baggage and belongings
Items you can bring aboard free of charge
- Up to 2 items of a combined weight of 30kg or less and less than 250cm in their largest dimensions (Travel trunks, skis, etc.)
Items that carry a charge to bring aboard (¥270 per item)
- Small dogs, cats, birds, or other animals (in a container less than 70cm in its largest dimension, total height, width and depth of less than 90cm, and total weight of 10kg or less)
- Racing bicycles for keirin use.
Prohibited items
- Dangerous articles (Large amounts of matches, gasoline, etc.)
- Other articles which may harm other passengers.
Adults and children
"Adults" and "children" are defined as follows:
| Adults | Ages 12 and over (a 12 year old who is in elementary school is still a "child") |
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| Children | Ages 5-11 (a 6 year old who has not yet entered school is an "infant") |
| Infant | 1-5 years old |
| Baby | Less than 1 year old |
Child fares
A child ticket is half the price of an adult ticket. Prices are rounded up to the nearest ¥5.
Fares for infants and babies
Infants and babies are free, but child tickets are necessary in the following cases:
- More than 2 infants ride with one adult or child.
(Each infant beyond 2 requires a child ticket.) - An infant rides alone.
About refunds
Unused, valid tickets and commuter passes
The following fees will be charged upon refunds:
| Ticket types | Refund conditions | Fee | |
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| Ordinary tickets | Monorail-only | Unused and valid | ¥150 |
| Transfer ticket | ¥210 | ||
| Multiple-trip tickets | ¥210 | ||
| Reduced fare tickets | ¥210 | ||
| Commuter passes | ¥210 | ||
| Group tickets | ¥210 | ||
Unused tickets and commuter passes
The following fees will be charged upon refunds:
| Ticket types | Refund conditions | Refunded amount (calculation method) |
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| Multiple-trip tickets | For unused, valid ticket stubs only* | Refunded amount = Price of multiple-trip ticket - (Number of used tickets x normal fare + ¥210 fee) |
| Commuter passes | Within 7 days of beginning of valid period | Refunded amount = Price of commuter pass - (Round trip fare for rail section x number of days used + ¥210 fee) |
| Used for 1 month (a period of less than 1 month is rounded up to 1 month) | Refunded amount = Price of commuter pass - (Price of 1 month commuter pass + ¥210 fee) | |
| Used for 2 months (a period of less than 2 months is rounded up to 2 months) | Refunded amount = Price of commuter pass - (Price of 1 month commuter pass x 2 + ¥210 fee) | |
| Used for 3 months (a period of less than 3 months is rounded up to 3 months) | Refunded amount = Price of commuter pass - (Price of 3 month commuter pass + ¥210 fee) | |
| Used for 4 months (a period of less than 4 months is rounded up to 4 months) | Refunded amount = Price of commuter pass - (Price of 3 month commuter pass + 1 month commuter pass + ¥210 fee) | |
| Used for 5 months (a period of less than 5 months is rounded up to 5 months) | Refunded amount = Price of commuter pass - (Price of 3 month commuter pass + {1 month commuter pass x 2} + ¥210 fee) | |
| Change of rail section (For a new commuter pass when an old commuter pass is no longer needed)** | Refunded amount = Price of commuter pass - (Rate of commuter pass discount x 10 x time used*** + ¥210 fee) |
- * In some cases, there will be no amount refunded.
- ** Commuter passes with less than 10 days remaining cannot be refunded.
- *** Time used is calculated per 10 days (a period of less than 10 days is rounded up to 10 days).
About group fares
More than 15 customers using the same rail section at the same time can use Tokyo Monorail group tickets.
| Group discount rates | Type | Discount rate | |
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| Ordinary group | 10% off ordinary fare | ||
| Student group | High school | 20% off ordinary fare | |
| Junior high school | 40% off ordinary fare | ||
| Elementary school, preschool or kindergarten | 30% off child fare | ||
| Number of people who can ride for free | Type | Group organizers and people who can ride for free |
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| Ordinary group | Group of 15-50 people: 1 person | |
| For every 50 people beyond 51: 1 person | ||
| Student group | Group of 15-30 people: 1 person | |
| For every 30 people beyond 31: 1 person |
| Ex;) From Hamamatsucho to Haneda Airport Terminal 2 | |
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Airports and JR Hokkaido stations selling Monorail tickets
Airports with ticket machines

(As of October, 2010)
- New Chitose Airport
- Hakodate Airport
- Toyama Airport
- Komatsu Airport
- Osaka International Airport
- Kansai International Airport
- Okayama Airport
- Hiroshima Airport
- Yamaguchi Ube Airport
- Takamatsu Airport
- Matsuyama Airport
- Fukuoka Airport
- Oita Airport
- Kumamoto Airport
- Miyazaki Airport
- Nagasaki Airport
- Kagoshima Airport
- Naha Airport
JR Hokkaido stations selling tickets
- Sapporo Station
- Teine Station
- Shinsapporo Station
- Chitose Station