Transcript Takashi Inui - American Public Transportation Association

Smartcard Nationwide
Interoperability in Japan
Takashi Inui
Director, New York Office
East Japan Railway Company
2013 APTA Fare Collection Workshop
Outline of presentation
 Overview of Railways in Japan
 Overview of Suica
 Suica Development Strategy
 Smartcard Interoperability in Japan
 Possibilities with Suica e-money
 Conclusion
Overview of Railways in Japan
Japan Railways Group (JR)
Smartcard “Suica”
History of “Suica”
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40 million in circulation on 12 July 2012 ★
SUGOCA, Hayakaken and nimoca area on 13 Mar. 2010 ★
30 million in circulation on 15 Oct. 2009 ★
★ Kitaca area on 14 Mar. 2009
About 10 years
★ TOICA area on 29 Mar. 2008
20 million in circulation on 9 Apr. 2007 ★
★ PASMO area on 18 Mar. 2007
10 million in circulation
on 26 Oct. 2004 ★
★ ICOCA area on 1 Aug. 2004
★ Suica Debut on 18 Nov. 2001
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Development Strategy
Affiliated shops
Service facilities
Expansion of variety ticketing
Interoperations
Mobile
ID card with Suica
Credit card with Suica
Suica card
Identification
e-money
Transportation
Suica Expansion
Where to use
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Card types
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Functions
Smartcard Interoperability in Japan
10 Brands start interoperations on 23 March. 2013
JR West (ICOCA)
Kinki, Okayama and Hiroshima area
JR Hokkaido (Kitaca)
1 operator
55 stations
2 operators
430 stations
Surutto Kansai Association
(PiTaPa)
JR East (Suica)
Tokyo metropolitan, Sendai and Niigata area
15 operators
860 stations
1,300 buses
8 operators
811 stations
532 buses
Fukuoka City Transportation
Bureau (Hayakaken)
PASMO (PASMO)
94 operators
1,212 stations
14,800 buses
1 operator
35 stations
Nishi-Nippon Railroad
(nimoca)
JR Central (TOICA)
1 operator
149 stations
14 operators
72 stations
3,200 buses
Tranpass IC Association (manaca)
JR Kyushu (SUGOCA)
1 operator
272 stations
5 operators
379 stations
1,618 buses
Smartcards issued by Public Transport
Smartcard Brand Number of issue
(thousand)
Year of start
Total
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
(thousand)
41,270
7,440
2,300
1,400
21,520
80,090
1,810
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2,660
as of Dec, 2012
Interoperability Card Scheme in Japan
Data clearing center established to connect
all the operators’ center servers
Data Clearing Center
Data Clearing over
interoperation of SF
Relaying the
information when Suica
is used in other areas
PASMO Center
PASMO
Suica Center
Suica
ICOCA Center
ICOCA
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Suica changes stations
Possibilities with Suica e-money
“Suica e-money” works for a variety of services
Shopping with card, not cash
・Shops
・Restaurants
・Vending machines
Other uses
・Coin Locker
・Amusement
Expanding business links
Just one card: so many functions!
e-money
easy payment tool
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・Taxi
交通手段
・Bus
・Parking lots
Possibilities of connecting to other services
Links to other tranportation
Smartcard e-money transactions
e-money interoperations (9 Brands) also starts in March
Conclusion
・Effect of interoperations
Smartcards become more convenient
With one smartcard you can use public transportation and other
services (shops, restaurants etc.) almost all over Japan
Promotion of smartcard use
Expansion of our business
・Future development
Further improvement of usage environment
Expansion of interoperability
Smartcards become new infrastructure in Japan
Thank you for your kind attention
Contact information
e-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/index.html
March 2013