On the 20th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism issued a business permit for a new line of JR East connecting Haneda Airport and Tokyo Station.
The time required is planned to be reduced from the current 30 minutes to 18 minutes, with the aim of opening in 2029.
JR East is planning a "Haneda Airport Access Line" consisting of three lines connecting Haneda Airport with Tokyo Station, Shinjuku Station, and Shin-Kiba Station. Of these, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has 20 lines connecting to Tokyo Station. I allowed the business on the day.
When traveling from Tokyo Station to Haneda Airport using JR, it is currently necessary to change to the monorail at Hamamatsucho Station or the Keikyu Line at Shinagawa Station, which takes about 30 minutes at the shortest, but it will be direct on new lines This means that the travel time will be reduced to 18 minutes.
In addition, direct operation from the Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line, and Joban Line is planned, and access from the northern Kanto region is expected to improve.
The new line is aiming to open in 2029, and new stations will be built in the airport in the future.