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Pasmo (パスモ Pasumo ) is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport introduced in Tokyo, Japan, on March 18, 2007.
Pasmo is a development of the Passnet (パスネット Pasunetto ) system used by many non JR railway lines in the Tokyo region. The system offers interoperability with the JR Suica system, as well as integrates private bus companies into the existing Passnet network.
The technology is based on RFID technology developed by Sony corporation known as FeliCa. Pasmo is available as a credit-card sized card.
Because of stronger than expected demand, general sales of Pasmo cards were halted in April 2007, less than one month after their introduction, in order to produce more cards. Approximately three million cards were sold before the restriction was enacted, of an allotment of just four million. Sales of regular Pasmo cards resumed on September 10, 2007. Until this date, only Pasmo commuter rail passes could be purchased. As of April 2009, over 11 million cards are in circulation.[1]
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Companies and organizations accepting Pasmo
Railways
Most railway operators introduced the system simultaneously when Pasmo started.
- Chiba Urban Monorail (from 14 March 2009)
- Enoshima Electric Railway (Enoden)
- Hakone Tozan Railway
- Hokuso Railway
- Izu Hakone Railway (Daiyuzan Line only)
- Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyu)
- Keio Electric Railway
- Keisei Electric Railway
- Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (Tsukuba Express)
- Nippori-Toneri Liner
- Odakyu Electric Railway
- Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu)
- Saitama Railway
- Seibu Railway
- Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
- Tama Toshi Monorail
- Tobu Railway
- Tokyu Corporation
- Tokyo Metro
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway)
- Toyo Rapid Railway
- Yokohama City Transportation Bureau (Yokohama Subway)
- Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company
- Yokohama New Transit (Kanazawa Seaside Line)
- Yurikamome
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