TOICA


TOICA is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for JR Central railway network which was introduced in the Chūkyō Area of Japan on November 25, 2006.
The name is an acronym for Tōkai IC Card. Just like JR East's Suica or JR West's ICOCA, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony corporation known as FeliCa.
As of December 2007, 350,000 cards have been issued. In the Nagoya area, 50% of the riders, or 70% of the commuter pass holders, use the card.

Usable area

TOICA is currently accepted on JR Central lines in the following area:
TOICA is also usable in Suica accepting area and ICOCA accepting area and SUGOCA accepting area. Suica, ICOCA and SUGOCA are usable in TOICA accepting area as well. However, a card has to be used within a single area; for instance, it is not possible to use a card for the trip between Tokyo and Nagoya. The integrated service with Suica and ICOCA started in March 2008 and with SUGOCA in March 2011. Use in the PASMO, SUGOCA, or Kitaca service areas is valid since national integration of IC cards.
Smart card systems in Shizuoka Prefecture, namely LuLuCa or NicePass are yet to be integrated.