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The MARS system used in JR ticket offices is Japan’s largest online real-time system, providing a year-round availability of 99.999%. [2] It offers a range of services, including seat reservations on Shinkansen and Limited Express trains and fare calculation for basic fare tickets, commuter passes, and express tickets. [3]
A Seishun 18 ticket issued in 2021. The Seishun 18 Ticket (青春18きっぷ, Seishun Jūhachi Kippu) is a special discount ticket issued in Japan that allows holders one-day unlimited rides on the local trains of Japan Railways Group (JR) during limited periods of the year.
A limited express ticket has to be purchased to board an Azusa train, along with the basic fare ticket. There are two types of such limited express tickets, namely the Reserved Seat Ticket ( 座席指定券 , Zaseki shitei ken ) , and the Unreserved Seat Ticket ( 座席未指定券 , Zaseki mishitei ken ) .
A ticket is inspected at a staffed or automated gate in the station where a travel starts and is collected at the station where the travel ends. A ticket required for a travel by railway is called a fare ticket (乗車券, jōshaken), the price of which is fare (運賃, unchin). The fare ticket is valid regardless of number of transfers.
The Japan Rail Pass also allows the holders to obtain discounts when staying at JR Group Hotels. Regional Rail Passes are also available for JR-Hokkaido, JR-Central, JR-East, JR-West, JR-Shikoku, and JR-Kyushu lines. Unlike the full JR Pass, some regional passes (in particular those sold by JR West) allow holders to travel on Nozomi and Mizuho ...
Home Liner (ホームライナー) is the generic name given to limited-stop commuter train services operated by railway companies in Japan, which require the purchase of a supplementary jōsha seiriken (乗車整理券) or Liner Ticket (ライナー券) in addition to the base fare ticket. The supplementary ticket guarantees passengers a seat ...
Suica (Japanese: スイカ, romanized: Suika) is a prepaid rechargeable contactless smart card and electronic money system used as a fare card on train lines and other public transport systems in Japan, launched on November 18, 2001, by JR East.
JR-West purchased the line in October 1991 at a cost of 974.1 billion JPY (about US$7.2 billion) in long-term debt. [ citation needed ] JNRSC sold 68.3% of JR-West in an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1996.