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East Japan Railway Company
Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Co., Ltd.
PASMO Committee
PASMO Co., Ltd.
December 21, 2006
(1) | Using either a Suica or PASMO card, passengers can board or get off transportation of operators that accept either card. |
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(2) | On Suica or PASMO IC farecards, users can add commuter passes for trains (including passes for routes spanning multiple operators) and buses. (As for buses, Transportation Bureau of Tokyo Metropolitan Government is currently the only operator scheduled to support the service in March 2007.) |
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(3) | Users can charge (add fare to) their IC farecard whether it is a Suica or PASMO card. Similarly, card members can use a service to maintain a particular card balance automatically and take advantage of special incentives for bus riders. |
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(4) | The IC farecard can be used as electronic money at participating stores that accept Suica or PASMO cards.
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The service will start with the first departures on Sunday, March 18, 2007.
(1) | "IC farecard compatibility service" The service can be used for 106 transport companies in Greater Tokyo (102 counting operators of both bus and train lines only once). Initially, the service will be supported by 59 transport companies (55 counting bus and train operators once) but will |
(2) | "Electronic money compatibility service" Both Suica and PASMO cards will be accepted at more than 11,000 stores and restaurants accepting Suica cards and about 1,300 merchants accepting PASMO cards. (These are estimated totals for March 2007, when service begins.) |
Train and bus operators in Greater Tokyo are collaborating in promotions to publicize the service.
(1) | Promotional campaign catchphrase "Greater Tokyo with one card." Adopting a uniform catchphrase in publicity for the service will ensure consistency in publications introducing the service and reflect the coordinated effort behind it. |
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(2) | Sales of commemorative cards To commemorate the launch of the service, the following special cards will be sold.
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In addition to adopting unified device specifications in preparation for the service, transport companies have been collaborating since October last year in 400,000 operating tests as well as fare collection tests involving 1.23 billion passes through ticket gates.
An organization comprising representatives of multiple transportation companies has been established to ensure compatibility. Masaki Ogata (executive director of JR East) will serve as general manager and Koichiro Shibata and Takeshi Saito (managing directors of Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. and Tokyu Bus Corporation, respectively) will serve as deputy general managers. This office is in charge of scheduling and risk analysis before the service is introduced. Led by this organization, we are now in the midst of exhaustive efforts involving comprehensive checks of the system as a whole to ensure efficient, trouble-free service.
Attachment 1
Users of either Suica or PASMO cards can take advantage of the following services.
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1 | Use on Trains
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2 | Use on Buses
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3 | Issuance of Commuter Passes
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4 | Adding Fare ("Charging" Cards)
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5 | Personalized and General Cards
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6 | Sales of Children's Cards
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7 | Automatic Recharging Service
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8 | Reissuance of personalized cards and IC commuter passes (balance coverage)
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9 | Exiting Stations if Train Service is Canceled
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• | The full amount of your fare from the station of arrival to the destination station is automatically deducted from the SF when you exit. |
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• | No fare is deducted in advance on entry. However, your balance is checked to determine if you have enough fare to ride to the next stop. |
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• | On routes spanning multiple railway operators, the amount determined by operators is automatically deducted from the SF when you exit each fare gate. If you use jointly provided direct service and travel on lines of multiple railway operators without passing through the automatic fare gate, you may be charged a fare different from the fare for the route you actually traveled, in some cases. |
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• | If you use an IC commuter farecard out of the designated zone, a fare corresponding to the lesser of "A: Separate fare from the ends of the route of a commuter farecard" and "B: Fare for riding through an entire zone of service" will be deducted from the SF at the automatic fare gate of the destination station. |
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• | Transfer discounts currently offered by multiple railway operators when using magnetic-stripe farecards are also available when using IC farecards. |
Note that in addition to the preceding rules, your fare as deducted from the SF may differ as collected for a magnetic-stripe farecard and an IC farecard. Details will be given in informational brochures and user's guides. |
Attachment 2
A special bus service (hereafter "bus rider incentives") is available for passengers who use an IC farecard (Suica or PASMO) to ride buses. Through this service, "special bus tickets" that can be used as bus fare are awarded based on the total of your bus fares during a month (starting the first of every month and ending the last day). In addition, these "bus rider incentives" are accepted the same way by all participating operators.
Details of "bus rider incentives" are as follows.
(1) | "Bus points" determined by each bus operator are added to your IC farecard each time you use the card and a fare is deducted from the SF. |
(2) | "Special bus tickets" are added to your IC farecard automatically each time you collect 1,000 bus points. (See the following table.) |
(3) | Once awarded, "special bus tickets" are automatically used as your fare the next time you board a bus. However, "special bus tickets" cannot be used on all buses. |
(4) | The process repeats after every 10,000 "bus points" you collect on the IC farecard. |
(5) | "Special bus tickets" are valid for ten years. |
Bus Points | Special Bus Tickets | |
Ticket Awarded | Total Tickets | |
When 1,000 points are collected | 100 yen | 100 yen |
When 2,000 points are collected | 100 yen | 200 yen |
When 3,000 points are collected | 100 yen | 300 yen |
When 4,000 points are collected | 100 yen | 400 yen |
When 5,000 points are collected | 450 yen | 850 yen |
When 6,000 points are collected | 170 yen | 1,020 yen |
When 7,000 points are collected | 170 yen | 1,190 yen |
When 8,000 points are collected | 170 yen | 1,360 yen |
When 9,000 points are collected | 170 yen | 1,530 yen |
When 10,000 points are collected | 170 yen | 1,700 yen |
• | The following operators are participating in the "bus rider incentives" program.
Enoshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd. |
Attachment 3
Current Suica services will change as follows with the introduction of Greater Tokyo IC farecard compatibility service.
1. | Advance payment on entry will be eliminated. |
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Instead of deducting the minimum fare when you enter the gate, no fare will be collected initially and the full fare will be collected when you exit at the destination station. Generally, however, your card will be checked to determine if you have enough SF left to ride to the first stop. |
2. | Personalized "My Suica" cards will be available for purchase. |
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Personalized "My Suica" cards bearing the user's name will be available to users who provide some personal information (including name, gender, birth date, and, optionally, telephone number). These cards can be reissued if they are lost. Suica iO cards will be replaced with general (non-identifying) Suica cards or personalized "My Suica" cards. Suica cards can be replaced with personalized "My Suica" cards if you provide personal information at a JR East card vending machine or other locations.
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3. | Personalized "My Suica for Kids" will be available for purchase. |
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Personalized "My Suica for Kids" cards will be sold, for which the children's train or bus fare is automatically deducted from the SF. Purchase of personalized "My Suica for Kids" requires registration of personal information (including name, gender, birth date, and, optionally, telephone number). A valid ID must be shown. Additionally, although children's Suica commuter passes to date have not supported charging the SF and using it for purchases, a service will now be provided enabling them to be charged in advance (for example, before transferring to a zone outside the zone of the commuter pass). The children's fare will be deducted automatically. |
4. | Commuter passes will be available for purchase on Suica and My Suica cards. Refunds of only the fare on Suica commuter passes will also be possible. |
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To date, the card and commuter pass portions of Suica commuter passes have been sold and refunded together. Under new Suica services, commuter passes will be available for purchase on Suica and My Suica cards, and the commuter pass portion of Suica commuter passes can be refunded when changing to a My Suica card.
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5. | Reissuance fee lowered from 1,000 yen to 500 yen. |
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Starting March 18, 2007, the reissuance fee for replacing a lost Suica commuter pass will be lowered from 1,000 yen to 500 yen. The reissuance fee for lost My Suica cards will also be 500 yen. (After reissuance, a deposit of 500 yen for the new card will still be required.) |
6. | If you must exit a station when train service is canceled, your card will be processed differently. |
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Previously, if train service was canceled because of an accident or other problem, Suica users were inconvenienced by waiting in line at a staffed service window to have their card processed before exiting. Under new Suica services, users can simply touch their card against the automatic fare gate at the station of arrival to exit. |
Attachment 4
When IC farecard compatibility service is introduced, five of the following operators in the Suica group and 23 railway and 31 bus operators in the PASMO group will support the service. This corresponds to 74 business locations and about 4,500 vehicles. Support by bus operators will be limited to service on a few routes initially but will be steadily expanded.
Transport Companies Supporting Service Starting Sunday, March 18, 2007
(Train and Bus Operators: 5 Transport Companies)
East Japan Railway Company
JR Bus Kanto Co., Ltd.
Saitama New Urban Transit Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Co., Ltd.
(Train Operators: 23 Transport Companies)
Enoshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Hakone Tozan Railway Co., Ltd.
Hokuso-Railway Co., Ltd.
Izu Hakone Railway Co., Ltd.
Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd.
Keio Corporation
Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Sagami Railway Co., Ltd.
Saitama Railway Corporation
Seibu Railway Co., Ltd.
Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd.
Tokyu Corporation
Toyo Rapid Railway Co., Ltd.
Transportation Bureau of Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Transportation Bureau of Yokohama City
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company
Yokohama New Transit Co., Ltd.
Yurikamome Ltd.
(Bus Operators: 31 Transport Companies)
Enoshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd.*
Fuji Express
Hakone Tozan Bus Co., Ltd.
Haneda Keikyu Bus
Heiwa Kotsu Co., Ltd.
Hitachi Jidosha Kotsu Co., Ltd.
Izu Hakone Railway Co., Ltd.
Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu Co., Ltd.
Kanto Bus Co., Ltd.
Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus Co., Ltd.
Keihin Kyuko Bus Co., Ltd.
Keio Bus Corporation
Keio-Bus Chuo
Keio-Bus Higashi
Keio-Bus Koganei
Keisei Bus Co., Ltd.
Keisei Town Bus
Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Odakyu Bus Co., Ltd.
Odakyu City Bus
Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus
Rinko Green Bus
Sagami Railway Co., Ltd.*
Seibu Bus Co., Ltd.
Tobu Bus Central Co., Ltd.
Tobu Bus West
Tokyu Bus Corporation
Transportation Bureau of Kawasaki City
Transportation Bureau of Tokyo Metropolitan Government*
Transportation Bureau of Yokohama City*
Yokohama Keikyu Bus
(Train Operators: 3 Transport Companies)
Chiba Urban Monorail Co., Ltd.
Kanto Railway Co., Ltd.
Maihama Resort Line
(Bus Operators: 44 Transport Companies)
Asahi Motor Corporation
Chiba Chuo Bus
Chiba City Bus
Chiba Flower Bus
Chiba Green Bus
Chiba Kaihin Kotsu
Chiba Nairiku Bus, Co. Ltd.
Chiba Rainbow Bus
Chibakotsu, Co. Ltd.
City Bus Tachikawa
Danchi Kotsu
Enoden Bus
Fujikyu City Bus
Fujikyu Heiwa Kanko
Fujikyu Shizuoka Bus
Fujikyu Shonan Bus
Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus
Fujikyuko
Fujisawa Kanako Bus
Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus
Ibakyu Motor Corporation
Ichikawa Kotsu Jidosha
Kawagoe Motor Corporation
KB Bus
Keio-Bus Minami
Keisei Transit Bus
Kokusai Juo Kotsu
Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus
Narashino Shin-Keisei Bus
Nishi Tokyo Bus
Sagami Kanako Bus
Seibu Jidosha
Seibu Kanko Bus
Shonan Kanako Bus
Shonan Keikyu Bus
Sotetsu Bus
Tachikawa Bus
Tama Bus
Tobu Bus East
Tokyo BayCity Koutsu
Tokyu Transsés
Tsukui Kanako Bus
Yamanashi Kotsu Co., Ltd.
Yokohama Kanako Bus
Suica and PASMO IC farecards can be used on buses displaying this sticker.
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A total of 106 transport companies will support the service (102 counting operators of both bus and train lines only once).
* Train and bus operators adopting the IC farecard system (4 transport companies)