TOICA
TOICA (トイカ, Toika) is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for JR Central railway network which was introduced in the Chūkyō Area (Greater Nagoya) of Japan on November 25, 2006.
The name is an acronym for Tōkai IC Card.[1] Just like JR East's Suica or JR West's ICOCA, the card uses RFID technology[2] developed by Sony corporation known as FeliCa.[citation needed]
As of December 2007, 350,000 cards have been issued. In the Nagoya area, 50% of the riders, or 70% of the commuter pass holders, use the card.[3]
Usable area[]
TOICA is currently accepted on JR Central lines in the following area:
- Tōkaidō Main Line, between Kannami and Samegai
- excluded, between Ōgaki and Mino-Akasaka, Atami and Kannami, Samegai and Maibara
- Chūō Main Line, between Nagoya and Nakatsugawa
- Kansai Main Line, between Nagoya and Kameyama
- Taketoyo Line, (the whole line) between Ōbu and Taketoyo
- Gotemba Line, between Shimo-Soga and Numazu
Simple type (blocking plate omitted type) automatic ticket gate for TOICA ( Mikawa-Shiotsu Station ) - Minobu Line, between Fuji and Nishi-Fujinomiya
- Iida Line, between Toyohashi and Toyokawa
- Takayama Main Line, between Gifu and Mino-Ōta
- Taita Line, (the whole line) between Mino-Ōta and Tajimi
Integrated services[]
TOICA is also usable in Suica accepting area (Greater Tokyo Area, Sendai, and Niigata) and ICOCA accepting area (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto and Okayama-Hiroshima) and SUGOCA accepting area (Fukuoka-Saga). Suica (including Mobile Suica), ICOCA and SUGOCA are usable in TOICA accepting area as well. However, a card has to be used within a single area; for instance, it is not possible to use a card for the trip between Tokyo and Nagoya. The integrated service with Suica and ICOCA started in March 2008 and with SUGOCA in March 2011. Use in the PASMO, SUGOCA, or Kitaca service areas is valid since national integration of IC cards.
Smart card systems in Shizuoka Prefecture, namely LuLuCa (Shizuoka Railway) or NicePass (Enshu Railway) are yet to be integrated.
References[]
- ^ JR Bulletin 057. JR Central. Accessed December 5, 2007.
- ^ "Japan's prepaid transportation cards – IC cards – Japan Station". www.japanstation.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ Japanese Wikipedia article of TOICA, retrieved on April 3, 2008.
External links[]
- (in Japanese) Official website by JR Central
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- Fare collection systems in Japan
- Contactless smart cards
- Rail transport in Nagoya
- Rail transport in Aichi Prefecture