Keio Corporation, Takaotozan Electric Railway, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Visa Worldwide Japan, JCB, OMRON Social Solutions, Odawara Kiki, and QUADRAC started a verification experiment of a boarding service using touch payment such as credit cards and QR code authentication at some Keio Electric Railway stations on March The experiment started on March 25. The “Mt. Takao Ticket,” which is sold at ticket vending machines at each station, will be made available for use by various means, including credit cards and smartphones.
The “Mt. Takao Ticket” is a ticket that includes a discounted round-trip ticket from any station on the Keio Line or Inokashira Line to Takao Yamaguchi and a discounted ticket for the Mt. Takao Cable Car or lift (round trip or one way). By using a card (credit, debit, or prepaid) that accepts touch-sensitive payment, or a smartphone with a touch-sensitive card installed, the ticket price will be the same as the “Mt.
The conditions are that the following must be met on the same day: use the automatic ticket gate installed at some stations on the Keio and Inokashira Lines and get off at Takaoyamaguchi Station, take the cable car or lift at Mt. (round trip) on the same day.
TAMa-GO E-ticket site” has been opened, and “Mt. Takao Ticket” is available for purchase on the site. After purchasing a ticket, visitors can use the ticket by passing the QR code displayed on their smartphone over the QR code displayed on their smartphone over the reader installed at the ticket gate at some stations on the Keio and Inokashira lines and at the ticket gate of the Mt.
Takao cable car and lift, passengers can board without purchasing tickets at the ticket counter or ticket vending machine by holding a card compatible with touch-sensitive payment or a smartphone with the card installed at the ticket gate over a special reader. Also, by using a round-trip ticket on the same day, a round-trip discount of the same amount as a round-trip ticket purchased in advance will be applied, and the discount will be automatically deducted from the bill on the following day or later.
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