Upass (South Korea)

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For the public transportation pass in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, see U-Pass (Vancouver).

Upass card

Upass is a pre-paid card for transportation system in Seoul and its suburbs. This card is issued by Seoul Metropolitan Bus Operater Association and eB Card. Its parent-generation card is Seoul Transportation Card, a world-first commercial-used RF card for transportation (first used in June, 1996)¹. You can use old Seoul Transportation Card and T-money along with Upass.

1 Technology
2 Use
3 Clone
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Technology

Upass, and older Seoul transportation card system is based on MIFARE Standard, Ultralight and PROX technology.

[edit] Use

Many kiosk around Seoul and Wonju sells various type of Upass cards. Also, many debit/credit cards such as KB Free Pass can be worked as Upass-compatible transport card. Ask your card company about this function. Upass is accepted by:

All Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, Incheon, Wonju buses
All Gyeonggi-do intercity buses. These buses are marked with yellow and orange 'Transportaion Card Accept' sticker. Note that Gyeoggi-do intercity buses often run between other areas.

[edit] Clone

eB Card sells eB Upass at this time. You can use old eB T-money and eB Upass same as original Upass, and T-money.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Seoul Metropolitan Bus Operater Association(Korean)
EB Card co.(Korean)

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