Buying tickets
Riding the trains
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- Buy tickets before you board.
- Children’s fares apply to children under 13.
- Exiting a station invalidates your ticket, whether you have reached your destination or not.
- Additional fares are required for reserved seats.
You can buy limited-express tickets and reserved seat tickets at reservation ticket counters.
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- Buy tickets at the ticket vending machines.
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- Go to the automatic ticket gates.
- Holders of white-backed tickets need to use the manned gates.
- Holders of Kansai Thru Pass can pass directly through the automatic turnstiles.


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- Check the platform number for your train on the signs in the station.