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EX-IC
EX-IC (Express IC) is a contactless smart card system that PASMO, TOICA, or ICOCA) together and have them
enables ticketless travel on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and processed simultaneously by the card readers at the
Sanyō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The system was intro- Shinkansen ticket gates.
duced by JR Central in March 2008 for use on the Tōkaidō
Shinkansen, and it was expanded to the Sanyō
Shinkansen in August 2009.[1]
References
Usage of the EX-IC system requires a seat reservation [1] http://english.jr-central.co.jp/company/ir/
for either of the aforementioned Shinkansen lines to be annualreport/_pdf/annualreport2009-03.pdf
purchased in advance; this may be done with a mobile
phone or a computer that has an Internet connection.
For Shinkansen passengers who intend to transfer to/
External links
from a conventional rail line, it is possible to stack the • (Japanese) Official website
EX-IC card and another contactless card (such as Suica,
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Categories:
• Contactless smart cards
• Central Japan Railway Company
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