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| Location | Usable nationwide Distributed in the Tōkai region (including Chūbu and the Greater Nagoya Area) |
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| Launched | July 28, 2006 |
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| Manager | JR Central |
| Currency | Japanese yen (¥20,000 maximum load) |
| Stored-value | Pay as you go |
| Credit expiry | None[1] |
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| Website | toica |
TOICA (トイカ, Toika) is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for JR Central railway network which was introduced in the Chūkyō Area (Greater Nagoya) of Japan on November 25, 2006. The name is an acronym for Tōkai IC Card.[2] Like JR East's Suica or JR West's ICOCA, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony known as FeliCa.[3][4]
As of December 2007, a year after launch, 350,000 cards had been issued, and 50% of riders (and 70% of commuter pass holders) in the Nagoya area used the card.[5] By Spring 2023, 3.27 million cards had been issued.
Since 2013, it has been part of Japan's Nationwide Mutual Usage Service, allowing it to be used in major cities across the country.[6]
- ^ "よくいただくご質問". Central Japan Railway Company (in Japanese). Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ "JR Bulletin 057" (PDF). Retrieved December 5, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ "Japan's prepaid transportation cards – IC cards – Japan Station". www.japanstation.com. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ "ソニー株式会社 | FeliCa | 個人のお客様 | アプリ・ソフトウェア | SFCard Viewer 2". Sony (in Japanese). Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ "定例社長会見（平成19年12月・名古屋）". Central Japan Railway Company (in Japanese). December 17, 2007. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- ^ Ito, Etsuro (October 2013). "Launch of Nationwide Interoperable Transport System IC Cards" (PDF). East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Japan Railway & Transport Review. pp. 6–15. Retrieved March 7, 2024.