Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company will start accepting boarding with credit cards compatible with touch payment and QR boarding passes at some stations in 2025.
This will be carried out in collaboration with Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Visa Worldwide Japan, JCB, Omron Social Solutions, and QUADRAC.
Boarding and alighting will be possible by touching cards or smartphones compatible with touch payment to a dedicated reader newly installed at the ticket gates. Supported brands include Visa, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, and UnionPay. Mastercard will be added sequentially. Boarding with a QR boarding pass will be available by holding a QR boarding pass, purchased at ticket machines etc., over a dedicated reader installed at the automatic ticket gates.
Details such as the targeted stations will be announced before the service starts.
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