Easier Travel on Kanto Area Trains and Buses, with One IC Card
Passnet Card issuing operators
Bus Kyotsu Card issuing operators
Suica Card issuing operators
April 13, 2004
The railway and bus companies using "Passnet Cards", "Bus Kyotsu Cards" and "Suica Cards" have agreed to develop an IC card that can be used on all member transport operators in the Kanto Region.
To achieve this, companies currently issuing the "Passnet Card" or "Bus Kyotsu Card" will employ the system to allow introduction of their own IC cards.
Implementation of IC cards that can be used mutually throughout the Kanto region will begin in FY 2006 and expanded as each participating company's systems are completed.
- "The Passnet Card" is a magnetic stored-fare card which can be used interchangeably on major public and private railways in the Kanto area.
- "The Bus Kyotsu Card" is a magnetic stored-fare card which can be used on many buses in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba Prefectures.
- "The Suica card" is an IC stored-fare or commuter pass card which can be used on JR East in the Kanto area and on the Tokyo Monorail and Tokyo Waterfront Railway.
| Passnet Card issuing operators (23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bus Kyotsu Card issuing operators (27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Suica Card issuing operators (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd. Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. (also issues Passnet Card) East Japan Railway Company |
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| Total: 53 operators (of which 7 operate both railway and bus service) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passnet Card | Bus Kyotsu Card | Suica Card | |
| Number of Current Issuers | 21 | 26 | 3 |
| Area (As of April 2003) |
Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, Gunma | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Yamanashi |
| Number of Lines in the Area (As of April 2003) |
75 Lines | — | 29 Lines |
| Passenger Line Network (km) (As of April 2003) |
1,649.9 km | 13,827 km | 1,430.8 km |
| Number of Stations (As of April 2003) |
1,098 Stations | — | 481 Stations |
| Number of Buses (As of April 2003) |
— | 13,096 Buses | — |
| Number of Magnetic SF Cards Issued (2002) | 82.06 million | 30.75 million | (iO Cards) 17.90 million |
| Amount of Sales from Magnetic SF Cards (2002) | ¥191.4 billion | ¥117.8 billion | ¥54.0 billion |
| Number of IC Card Holders (As of July 2003) |
— | — | (Suica) 6.68 million |
| Amount of Sales from IC Cards/Amount of Charges (2002) | — | — | ¥104.3 billion |
