The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation and Keikyu Corporation will start a pilot program for boarding with contactless payment-enabled credit cards and other such methods at certain stations from December 21.
The program is a joint venture with Mitsui Sumitomo Card, Visa Worldwide Japan, JCB, Nippon Signal, Omron Social Solutions, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems, and QUADRAC, utilizing the ‘stera transit’ public transportation solution provided by Mitsui Sumitomo Card.
Riders can board and alight by touching their contactless payment-compatible cards or smartphones to newly installed dedicated readers at the gates. The compatible brands include Visa, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, and UnionPay, with Mastercard expected to be added sequentially. The service will be available across both the Tokyo Metropolitan Subway and Keikyu lines. The fare will be the standard passenger fare (in increments of 10 yen), and transfer discounts are not applicable.
The eligible stations include Gotanda, Sengakuji, Mita, Daimon, Shinbashi, Higashi-Ginza, Takaracho, Nihombashi, Ningyocho, Asakusabashi, Asakusa, Honjo-Azumabashi stations on the Toei Asakusa Line, Shinjuku-Nishiguchi, Higashi-Shinjuku, Ueno-Okachimachi, Tsukiji Shijo, Daimon, Akabanebashi, Roppongi, Aoyama-Itchome, National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tochomae, Nishi-Shinjuku-Gochome, and Toshimaen stations on the Toei Oedo Line, Mita station on the Toei Mita Line, and Haneda Airport Terminal 1, Haneda Airport Terminal 2, Haneda Airport Terminal 3, Shinagawa, Keikyu Kamata, Kojiya, Otorii, Anamori-Inari, Tenkubashi, Yokohama, and Sengakuji stations on the Keikyu Line. Some stations will only have simple gate terminals for this. Keikyu Corporation plans to make contactless payments available at all stations by 2025.
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