Although the situation has changed with the advent of transportation system IC, passengers originally purchase a ticket for “from station A to station B” when they use the railroad system. The railroad operator is then responsible for delivering the ticketed passenger from station A to station B. This is a kind of contractual act. This is an act of contract. However, for some reason, a passenger may change the station at which he or she gets off the train after entering the station with the ticket. In this case, a “ride over” refers to a case in which a passenger with a ticket for “from station A to station B” is required to go to station C, which is further away from station B. In the short-distance ticket often used in metropolitan areas, the difference between the fare from station A to station C and the fare from station A to station B is collected at station C, which is the final stop in such cases. This is also called “departure station calculation. In some cases, however, this is not the case. In other words, at station C, the final alighting station, the fare equivalent to the “Station B to Station C” ticket is collected separately by connecting the “Station A to Station B” ticket already held by the passenger to the “Station A to Station B” ticket. This is sometimes referred to as a “censored calculation. The original ticket is terminated at Station B as shown on the ticket, and a new ticket is issued for the section crossed over.
Combining the “Free Pass” and “Override Pass” (ie. a free pass and a transit pass) One example of combining a free pass-type “Otokuni-Kippu” ticket with a transit pass that goes slightly out of the area is shown below. If you live in the Tokyo metropolitan area, you are probably familiar with JR East’s “Holiday Oddekake Pass”. If you take the Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) northward with this pass, the area extends from Oyama to Jichi Medical University, which is two stops away. By the way, Utsunomiya is only 3 stations or 18.8 km away from the Jichi Medical University, which is now open for service on the Utsunomiya Light Rail Line. So, if you want to go to Utsunomiya, is it correct to use a standard train ticket or a transportation system IC card for a round-trip trip? In fact, it may be cheaper to use the “Holiday Pass” to Jichi Medical University, and only ride over between Jichi Medical University and Utsunomiya. The farther away the origin station is from Utsunomiya, the longer the “Holiday Pass” can be used, and the more likely it is that the total cost will be lower. Similar cases may occur with other free pass-type products, depending on the combination of departure and destination. There is no harm in making a decision after calculating both the round-trip method using a standard ticket and the method combining a free pass-type product with a transit pass over a section of the route.
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