Board your train with
Tap to ride
This service allows you to quickly complete your fare payment by holding a card,
smartphone or other device equipped with a Tap to ride
function over a device dedicated to the service.
This initiative involves the installation of devices
with the ability to accept contactless payments made using
Visa, JCB, American Express, Mastercard, Diners Club, Discover and UnionPay cards,
as well as contactless payments made using smartphones
or other such devices at subject stations.
- Implementation Period
- Until Tuesday, March 31, 2026 （Scheduled）
Subject Stations
Kagoshima Line: All stations between Mojiko Station and Kurume Station
Kashii Line: Uminonakamichi Station
Fukuoka Area：Total of 50 stations
Ibusuki Makurazaki Line: All stations between Kagoshima-Chuo Station and Ibusuki Station
Kagoshima Area：Total of 18 stations
Nippō Main Line & Kyūdai Main Line: All stations between Beppu Station and Oita Station as well as
all stations between Oita Station and Yufuin Station
Total of 16 stations in the Oita area
- *Boarding via contactless payment is not available as a service at any stations
other than the subject stations and subject ticket gates shown above. - *Boarding via contactless payment is not available for trips stretching over the
Fukuoka, Kagoshima and Oita areas. - *The service cannot be used to board the Shinkansen.
Kagoshima Line
- *At stations with multiple ticket gates, this service can only be used at the following ticket gates.
Kokura Station (3F ticket gate), Mizumaki Station (north gate), Kashii Station (1F ticket gate), Hakata Station (central ticket gate/north ticket gate),
Sasabaru Station (west gate), Futsukaichi Station (east gate) - *At Kokura Station and Hakata Station, this service cannot be used at ticket gates (Shinkansen transfer gates, etc.) other than those mentioned above.
- *On the Kashii Line, this service is only available at Uminonakamichi Station.
Ibusuki-makurazaki Line
- *Kagoshima-Chuo Station, this service cannot be used at ticket gates (Shinkansen transfer gates, etc.) other than those mentioned above.
Kyūdai Main Line
Nippō Main Line
- *At Beppu Station, the service can only be used at the Central Ticket Gate.
- Subject Brands
How to Use the Service
Customers can board trains by holding a card, smartphone or other device equipped
with a Tap to ride function over a device dedicated installed at ticket gates.
(*Applicable to adult fares only)
* For touch payment dedicated devices, use one of the following "It is installed at the target station."
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Automatic ticket gate
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Pole-type dedicated equipment
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Dedicated equipment only