PASMO
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PASMO (パスモ Pasumo?) is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport introduced in Tokyo, Japan from March 18, 2007.
PASMO is a development of the Passnet (パスネット Pasunetto?) system used by many non JR railway lines in the Tokyo region. The system offers interoperability with the JR Suica system, as well as integrate private bus companies into the existing Passnet network.
The technology is based on RFID technology developed by Sony corporation known as FeliCa. PASMO will be available as a credit-card sized card. It is also expected to be available as a service for mobile phone users with handsets equipped with FeliCa chips.
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[edit] Companies and organizations accepting PASMO
[edit] Railways
Most railway operators introduced the system simultaneously when PASMO started.
- Chiba Urban Monorail 1
- Enoshima Electric Railway (Enoden)
- Hakone Tozan Railway
- Hokuso Railway
- Izu Hakone Railway (Daiyuzan Line only)
- Kanto Railway (Kantetsu) 2
- Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyu)
- Keio Electric Railway
- Keisei Electric Railway
- Maihama Resort Line (Disney Resort Line) 2
- Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (Tsukuba Express)
- Nippori-Toneri Liner 3
- Odakyu Electric Railway
- Sagami Railway (Sotetsu)
- Saitama Railway
- Seibu Railway
- Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
- Tama Toshi Monorail
- Tobu Railway
- Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway (Tokyu)
- Tokyo Metro
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway)
- Toyo Rapid Railway
- Yokohama City Transportation Bureau (Yokohama Subway)
- Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company
- Yokohama New Transit (Kanazawa Seaside Line)
- Yurikamome
- 1 Chiba Urban Monorail will introduce the system from 2009.
- 2 It is unclear when Kanto Railway and Maihama Resort Line will introduce the system.
- 3 Now under construction. Scheduled to be opened at 2007.
[edit] Buses and tramways
Bus and tramway operators will introduce the system gradually after PASMO started.
- Chiba Kotsu
- Enoshima Electric Railway
- Enoden Bus
- Fujikyuko
- Fuji Express
- Fujikyu City Bus
- Fujikyu Heiwa Kanko
- Fujikyu Shizuoka Bus
- Fujikyu Shonan Bus
- Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus
- Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus
- Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus
- Narashino Shin-Keisei Bus
- Hakone Tozan Bus
- Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus
- Heiwa Kotsu
- Danchi Kotsu
- Hitachi Jidosha Kotsu
- Izu Hakone Railway
- Kanagawa Chūō Kotsu
- Fujisawa Kanako Bus
- Sagami Kanako Bus
- Shonan Kanako Bus
- Tsukui Kanako Bus
- Yokohama Kanako Bus
- Kanto Bus
- KB Bus
- Kawasaki City Transportation Bureau (Kawasaki City Bus)
- Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus
- Rinko Green Bus
- Keihin Kyuko Bus
- Haneda Keikyu Bus
- Shonan Keikyu Bus
- Yokohama Keikyu Bus
- Keio Bus
- Keio Bus Chūō
- Keio Bus Higashi
- Keio Bus Koganei
- Keio Bus Minami
- Keio Dentetsu Bus
- Keisei Bus
- Chiba Chūō Bus
- Chiba City Bus
- Chiba Flower Bus
- Chiba Green Bus
- Chiba Kaihin Kotsu
- Chiba Nairiku Bus
- Chiba Rainbow Bus
- Ichikawa Kotsu Jidosha (Ichikawa Line Bus)
- Keisei Town Bus
- Keisei Transit Bus
- Tokyo Baycity Kotsu
- Kokusai Kogyo Bus
- Nishi Tokyo Bus
- Tama Bus
- Odakyu Bus
- Odakyu City Bus
- Sagami Railway (Sagami Railway Bus)
- Sotetsu Bus
- Seibu Bus
- Seibu Jidosha
- Seibu Kanko Bus
- Tachikawa Bus
- City Bus Tachikawa
- Tobu Bus (Tobu Bus Central)
- Asahi Motor
- Ibakyu Motor
- Kawagoe Motor
- Kokusai Juo Kotsu
- Tobu Bus East
- Tobu Bus West
- Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway (Setagaya Line)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Bus, Toei Streetcar)
- Tokyu Bus
- Tokyu Transsés
- Yamanashi Kotsu
- Sanko Town Coach
- Yokohama City Transportation Bureau (Yokohama City Bus)
[edit] See also
Other integrated services:
- Suica services already operational on March 18 were also integrated into the PASMO network
- East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
- JR Bus Kanto
- Saitama New Urban Transit (New Shuttle)
- Sendai Airport Transit [1]
- Tokyo Monorail
- Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (Rinkai Line) [2]
- ICOCA will have an integrated service within 2008.
- West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- PiTaPa will have an integrated service within 2008.
- Private railways and buses in Kansai region. (See PiTaPa article for the listing.)
[edit] External links
- Official Pasmo website
- English part of the Pasmo website
- Media Release on integration between JR Suica and PASMO system.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Actually began operation on the same day, March 18, 2007.
- ^ Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit now issue both PASSNET and Suica, but they will only issue Suica in future.