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Nankai Electric Railway will extend its “Credit Card Daily Fare Cap Discount Service” from April 1 through July 31.
When passengers use Nankai Electric Railway with the same contactless-enabled credit card, or a smartphone configured with the same card, any amount exceeding the daily fare cap will be discounted. The program has been implemented as a demonstration experiment since December 2025, and in line with fare revisions for special discount tickets, the daily cap will be changed to 2,300 yen. For example, for a round trip between Namba and Mount Koya (Koyasan), the regular total fare is 2,860 yen, and a 560 yen discount will be applied.
The offer covers all Nankai Electric Railway lines and can be used at 97 of the 105 stations where contactless payment ticket gates have been installed. Even if the card numbers are the same, fares will not be totaled if used on different media, such as a physical card and a smartphone. Lines operated by other companies and the “Smart Sukippu” service are not eligible, and there is no child fare setting.