Talk:Suica
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[edit] Question
The following comment was made by 143.195.110.18 (I simply removed it from the article itself):
- ?? Does the card hold the data, or just a key to the database? What about regular tickets ??
-- Hadal 06:36, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- It holds a key to the database. There is even an IC card reader marketed for home users that can read the key and communicate via the Internet to retrieve the history and other stored fare information from the database. I think regular tickets hold the actual information - not sure. - Tangotango 00:50, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Official name
The official name of JR East's Suica cards without commuter pass function are Suica iO card, not Suica IO card. See the press release about Mobile Suica.[1]--Tan90deg 10:49, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edit in "Future of Suica"
...March 2007, although non-active automatic readers began appearing in Tokyo Metro stations in mid-June 2006...with notices that "Suica cannot be used at present"
This may need better citation, but a quick search yielded nothing specific. I live in Yokohama and go to Tokyo several times a week, and today was the first time I noticed the readers, leading me to conclude that they were installed in the last week or so. After noticing them in Shirokane Takanawa, I kept an eye out for them during the rest of the day--I saw them in Roppongi and Hiro-o as well, although I didn't go through any other ticket gates so I can't say conclusively how widespread they are. At any rate, they've showed up sometime in the past week, so I thought it deserved to be noted here.
--Jonny-mt 12:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 130 ￥
Why is the minimum fare 130 yen? I've seen the minimum fare in the Kanto area range from 120 to 200 yen, and I think that Suica is useable on all of those lines. Can someone give reason that I don't know of as to why this is on there? If not, change it to simply minimum fare.
Okay, nevermind. It certainly only works on JR lines.theanphibian 11:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
