Seven Japanese Rail Operators Will Put QR Codes On Paper Tickets From Spring 2027
The seven operators are keeping the paper ticket and changing what is printed on it, so the QR rollout extends magnetic-ticket infrastructure into a ticketless era rather than ending paper tickets.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
JR East, Keisei Electric Railway, Keikyu Corporation, Sendai Airport Transit, Tokyo Monorail, Tobu Railway, and Hokuso Railway announced on October 13 that a QR ticket service will begin in spring 2027. Paper tickets printed with QR codes at ticket machines will be held over compatible automatic gates to enter and inserted into a collection slot on exit. Each company will announce station-by-station details later.
The tickets will be larger to make the code easier to read. QR tickets from ticket machines will in principle measure 57.5 mm by 85 mm, against 30 mm by 57.5 mm for the current small magnetic tickets. At stations without gates that can read QR tickets, passengers will use staffed windows.
The seven companies have not announced that magnetic tickets will be uniformly abolished when the service starts in spring 2027. Each company will provide further information on changes to ticket types and how the tickets are used.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- ASCII.jp JR東日本など7社、紙のきっぷが「QRコード」に 2027年春から