Suica card

[yanbros]

Does anyone know if i have 1 virtual suica card, can i share it? Example, tap it twice when boarding a bus? Coz my kid dosen't have an iphone.

 

[s7460597]

Does anyone know if i have 1 virtual suica card, can i share it? Example, tap it twice when boarding a bus? Coz my kid dosen't have an iphone.

Why not get a child's physical card? Even if you could it'll be adult fare.

 

[discoburg]

Does anyone know if i have 1 virtual suica card, can i share it? Example, tap it twice when boarding a bus? Coz my kid dosen't have an iphone.

No you can't. Just get a Welcome Suite card la. No deposit needed.

 

[Quasar]

Does anyone know if i have 1 virtual suica card, can i share it? Example, tap it twice when boarding a bus? Coz my kid dosen't have an iphone.

Why not get a child's physical card? Even if you could it'll be adult fare.

The child card makes a nice custom souvenir, since they emboss the kids name and they get to tap in and out like ez link. The ticket gantry will chirp like a chick when they go through.

Have to get child suica at the jr travel centre with child ID though.

Having said that you can always just buy paper tickets for the kids as you go since almost everyone uses suica, the machines have no queues.

 

[karenwoods]

Please help
1. The Suica card can be used to pay for all train lines (including JR lines) and busses?
2. Are JR lines coloured in blue and green?
3. What does it mean when it says 'getting off car 2-4 from the front'? Can only get off in these cars?

 

[wwenze]

Please help
1. The Suica card can be used to pay for all train lines (including JR lines) and busses?
2. Are JR lines coloured in blue and green?
3. What does it mean when it says 'getting off car 2-4 from the front'? Can only get off in these cars?

1. Yes. Suica and Pasmo and the dunno wat they use in Nagoya and Kansai are all compatible. One card to rule them all.

That said, if you use Suica on JR lines, then you will earn points on JR lines. If you use Pasmo on Pasmo lines, then you will earn points on Pasmo lines. You don't earn points if you use the wrong card. The recommendation is to get Suica because the Suica points are based on how much you spend, and also because you can easily spend a lot on long-distance train rides which tend to be JR lines anyway. Do google more for tricks to maximize points (e.g. use Mobile Suica)

2. No, JR lines come in all colors. There isn't that many JR lines in the Tokyo area tho, not compared to the competition anyway - Once you remove all the Tokyo Metro etc lines the map gets quite bare lol.

Yup, this is it, this is all the JR lines in central Tokyo lol. Quite a far cry from the maps we usually see yea?

Basically in the central Tokyo region, JR lines are just Yamanote (the green circle) and the Chuo-Sobu line that cuts from north to south lol. There's also Keihin Tohoku but that's like running parallel to Yamanote in the east half, this line is meant more for traveling north to Saitama and south to Kanagawa.

If you zoom out to Kanto region it looks better, but take note you can already fit one or two Singapores within this zoom level.

Spoiler

So in the above map, the JR trains do follow their colors. Most, anyway - The not-very-color-coded ones will have a green and orange color scheme, like Ueno-Tokyo line and Shonan-Shinjuku line. The main color-coded lines are - Yamanote 山手 (green), Chuo 中央 (orange), Chuo-Sobu 中央-総武 (yellow), and Keihin-Tohoku 京浜東北 (light blue). Then there's Yokosuka Sobu which is Blue, Saikyo Rinkai that is weird green... But at this point these are less-known trains.

I added 漢字 next to their names so you can roughly tell what/where they are. 山手 is like the foot of a hill.

3. Trains and train stations in Japan are *HUGE*. Yamanote train has 11 cars. Thus it's no surprise their platforms (called "home") can be as long as 300m. So when people say "get off car 2-4 from the front" it means that location is closest to the stairs that you'll be taking next.

 

[karenwoods]

Thank you.

 

[rrr2015]

Please help
1. The Suica card can be used to pay for all train lines (including JR lines) and busses?
2. Are JR lines coloured in blue and green?
3. What does it mean when it says 'getting off car 2-4 from the front'? Can only get off in these cars?

u can check tokyo metro pass, inexpensive & convenient

 

[GaoProsper]

Does anyone know if Suica physical card has any expiry date? i got 2 in year 2015. not sure can use after 8 years.

 

[MajiMax]

Does anyone know if Suica physical card has any expiry date? i got 2 in year 2015. not sure can use after 8 years.

Validity is 10 years, once you use it again, it refreshes its validity.

 

[Hisashiburi]

Haneda was selling cherry blossom theme suica card.

But need cash to buy.

 

[boredddddd]

Anyone is using the Apple Pay Suica card, and has successfully used Wise (Visa) or Revolut (Visa) to charge to the Suica? I can only use my StanChart (Mastercard)

 

[70niner]

Anyone is using the Apple Pay Suica card, and has successfully used Wise (Visa) or Revolut (Visa) to charge to the Suica? I can only use my StanChart (Mastercard)

Currently only non-Visa CCs - Mastercard and Amex - can be used to topup Suica

From online sources, this has been an issue for almost a year. No one knows when this glitch will be fixed.

 

[wifi_18Z]

What about Pasmo cards? Can they be topped up using Visa credit cards? Thanks

 

[70niner]

What about Pasmo cards? Can they be topped up using Visa credit cards? Thanks

I am not sure about Pasmo because I intend to use Suica and i can't recharge using Visa thus I managed to google the Visa glitch. sorry

u can do a test by trying to recharge Pasmo in Apple Wallet using a Visa and non-Visa credit card.

 

[wifi_18Z]

I am not sure about Pasmo because I intend to use Suica and i can't recharge using Visa thus I managed to google the Visa glitch. sorry

u can do a test by trying to recharge Pasmo in Apple Wallet using a Visa and non-Visa credit card.

Just tried. Both cards cannot be recharged using VIsa CC on Apple phones

 

[70niner]

Just tried. Both cards cannot be recharged using VIsa CC on Apple phones

then likely Pasmo is experiencing the same as Suica - only can recharge using Mastercard and Amex

 

[wifi_18Z]

Yes! Just reached home and tried to top up Suica with a Mastercard. Works!

 

[szeli]

Currently only non-Visa CCs - Mastercard and Amex - can be used to topup Suica

From online sources, this has been an issue for almost a year. No one knows when this glitch will be fixed.

what a bummer. was intending to use Revolut to topup during my trip later this year

 

[70niner]

what a bummer. was intending to use Revolut to topup during my trip later this year

https://atadistance.net/all-about-apple-pay-suica-recharge/