PASMO

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This article is about the smart card ticket system. For the computer assembler, see Pasmo.

Pasmo (パスモ Pasumo?) is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport introduced in Tokyo, Japan from March 18, 2007.

Pasmo card
Pasmo card

Pasmo is a development of the Passnet (パスネット Pasunetto?) system used by many non JR railway lines in the Tokyo region. The system offers interoperability with the JR Suica system, as well as integrates private bus companies into the existing Passnet network.

The technology is based on RFID technology developed by Sony corporation known as FeliCa. Pasmo is available as a credit-card sized card.

Because of stronger than expected demand, general sales of the Pasmo cards were halted in April, less than one month after their introduction, in order to produce more cards. Approximately three million cards were sold before the restriction was enacted, of an allotment of just four million. Sales of regular Pasmo cards resumed on September 10, 2007. Until this date, only Pasmo commuter rail passes could be purchased.

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[edit] Companies and organizations accepting Pasmo

[edit] Railways

Most railway operators introduced the system simultaneously when Pasmo started.

1 Chiba Urban Monorail will introduce the system from 2009.
2 It is unclear when Kanto Railway will introduce the system.

[edit] Buses and tramways

Bus and tramway operators will introduce the system gradually after Pasmo started.

  • Chiba Kotsu
  • Enoshima Electric Railway
    • Enoden Bus
  • Fujikyuko
    • Fuji Express
    • Fujikyu City Bus
    • Fujikyu Heiwa Kanko
    • Fujikyu Shizuoka Bus
    • Fujikyu Shonan Bus
    • Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus
  • Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus
    • Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus
    • Narashino Shin-Keisei Bus
  • Hakone Tozan Bus
    • Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus
  • Heiwa Kotsu
    • Danchi Kotsu
  • Hitachi Jidosha Kotsu
  • Izu Hakone Railway
  • Kanagawa Chūō Kotsu
    • Fujisawa Kanako Bus
    • Sagami Kanako Bus
    • Shonan Kanako Bus
    • Tsukui Kanako Bus
    • Yokohama Kanako Bus
  • Kanto Bus
    • KB Bus
  • Kawasaki City Transportation Bureau (Kawasaki City Bus)
  • Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus
    • Rinko Green Bus
  • Keihin Kyuko Bus
    • Haneda Keikyu Bus
    • Shonan Keikyu Bus
    • Yokohama Keikyu Bus
  • Keio Bus
    • Keio Bus Chūō
    • Keio Bus Higashi
    • Keio Bus Koganei
    • Keio Bus Minami
    • Keio Dentetsu Bus

[edit] Popularity

On April 11, 2007, it was announced that sales of Pasmo fare cards would be limited to commuter rail pass purchases until August due to extremely high demand. It was originally predicted that approximately 2 million Pasmo cards would be sold in the first month, but about 3 million were actually sold, and stocks of Pasmo cards were running out.[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Pasmo fare card selling out too fast", The Japan Times, 2007-04-12. Retrieved on 2007-04-13. 
  2. ^ Began operation on March 18, 2007.
  3. ^ Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit now issue both Passnet and Suica, but they will only issue Suica in future.
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