Season
Season 11 Episode
- Season 3 Turning Problems Into Opportunities: The Tsugaru Railway's Strategy
- Season 3 Japan's World-Class Rail and Wheels
- Season 3 Keihan Electric Railway: Advanced Technology That Dominated the Railway Hub
- Season 3 The Long Winter of Discontent: One Railway's Battle Against Snow
- Season 3 Dreams of a Texas Bullet Train: Future Plans for Japan's High-Speed Railways
- Season 3 Using Railways to Promote Local Tourism: Kyushu Railway Company's Strategy
- Season 3 Toden Arakawa Line: A Hidden Gem for Tourists from Overseas
- Season 3 All the Comfort You Require: Onboard Services on Japanese Trains
- Season 3 The Unsung Hero of Japanese Railways: Series Kiha 40 Diesel Trains
- Season 3 Airport Express Lines: How Competition Is Improving the Ride Into the City
- Season 3 Prepaid E-money Cards: The Smart Way to Travel in Japan
- Season 3 HIGH RAIL 1375: The Tourist Train That Touches New Heights
- Season 3 Train Suite Shiki-shima: The High-Tech Luxury Cruise Train
- Season 3 A Long-Awaited Whistle: Tobu Railway's Steam Service Revival
- Season 3 Rediscovering Old Horizons: Preservation and Utilization of Railway Heritage
- Season 3 Hankyu Corporation: A Leading Private Railway Company's Business Model
- Season 3 Advanced Urban Travel: Japan's Monorail Systems
- Season 3 Safeguarding the System: Maintaining JR Central's Conventional Line
Japan Railway Journal - Season 3 Episode 11 Prepaid E-money Cards: The Smart Way to Travel in Japan
8.00 28 minutes 15 million people commute in and out of Tokyo every day, and most of them now use prepaid e-money cards. Because one card can be recognized by multiple transport companies, the system has streamlined automated fare collection. A card's IC chip has an e-wallet function, and can store information such as boarding section and expiration dates on monthly passes; all of which can be verified in just 0.2 seconds. See how these cards and the technology behind them have transformed rail travel in Japan.
