Nagasaki Smart Card
Nagasaki Smart Card (長崎スマートカード, Nagasaki Sumāto Kādo) was a contactless smart card system used in Nagasaki, Japan. Its operators were the Nagasaki Electric Tramway and six bus companies, namely, Nagasaki Bus, Nagasaki Prefectural Bus, Saihi Bus, Saikai Kōtsū, Sasebo Municipal Bus, and Shimatetsu Bus. The system used Sony FeliCa technology that is standard for IC cards across Japan, e.g. in JR East's Suica.
The system was introduced on January 21, 2002, initially for bus lines only. As of December 2005, 320,000 cards had been issued. Tram lines of Nagasaki Electric Tramway began support for the card on March 20, 2008.
The card was discontinued on June 30, 2020, with companies transitioning to using either the nagasaki nimoca or N+Tcard.[1][2]
Types of cards
[edit]- Nagasaki Smart Card (coupon ticket): Regular rechargeable functionality
- Nagasaki Smart Card (commuter pass)
- Half-price discount card: For children and disabled customers
- Mobile Nagasaki Smart Card: Osaifu-Keitai mobile payment service, with Mobile FeliCa technology
References
[edit]- ^ "nagasaki nimoca｜長崎県内交通7社局全路線でいよいよスタート！｜". nimoca (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ "エヌタスTカード｜エヌタスTカードポータルサイト". www.ntasu.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-05.
External links
[edit]- (in Japanese) Official website by Nagasaki Electric Tramway
- (in Japanese) Official website by Nagasaki Prefectural Bus
- (in Japanese) Official website by Nagasaki Bus
- (in Japanese) Official website by Shimatetsu Bus
- (in Japanese) Official website by Saihi Bus
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