Tap to Ride Service
What is the “Tap to Ride Service?”
This service enables you to use your card that supports tap payment (credit, debit or prepaid card) or a smartphone or other device configured with that card to pass right through automatic ticket gates and ride the train simply by tapping that card or device on a dedicated reader installed at those gates.
- *Dedicated terminals will be used to provide this service at certain stations and ticket gates.
How to Ride
To use this service, tap a card that supports tap payment and is accepted by this service or a smartphone or other device configured with that card and place it on the tap payment terminal installed at automatic ticket gates.

- *At Otorii Station (West Exit), Tenkubashi Station (ticket gate *The ticket gate connecting to the Tokyo Monorail and the HICity ticket gate are excluded.) and Yokohama Station (North Exit), use this service by tapping your card or device on the simplified ticket gate terminals placed near the station attendant counter.

Stations Where Service is Available
This service is only available at the stations indicated in the below route map.
- *On the Keikyu Line (indicated in blue), this service is offered at stations other than those indicated below, but only when disembarking from the train at the station attendant counter. (May not be available during certain times of day, at unmanned counters, etc.)

Station Name | Ticket Gate Supporting Tap Payment |
---|---|
Sengakuji Sta. | Ticket gate on Sengakuji/ Takanawa side Ticket gate on Mita/ Shibaura side |
Shinagawa Sta.*2 | Takanawa Exit |
Keikyu Kamata Sta. | Ticket gate exit |
Yokohama Sta.*2 | Central Exit, North Exit*1 |
Kojiya Sta. | Ticket gate exit |
Otorii Sta. | West Exit*1 |
Anamori-inari Sta. | Ticket gate exit |
Tenkubashi Sta.*2 | Ticket gate exit (*The ticket gate connecting to the Tokyo Monorail and the HICity ticket gate are excluded.) *1 |
Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Sta. |
B2F ticket gate exit, 2F ticket gate exit |
Haneda Airport Terminal 1・2 Sta. |
Terminal 1 Exit, Terminal 2 Exit |
- *1:At Otorii Station (West Exit), Tenkubashi Station (ticket gate) and Yokohama Station (North Exit), simplified ticket gate terminals are used to provide this service.
- *2:This service is not available at ticket gates other than the above, including the transfer ticket gates at Shinagawa Station, Yokohama Station and Tenkubashi Station.
To transfer to railways operated by other companies, please do so after exiting from a ticket gate that supports tap payment.
Accepted Credit Card Brands
The following credit card brands are accepted.
Visa, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, UnionPay
(Mastercard is scheduled to be added in the future.)

Important Points to Note
- Passengers who ride using tap payment are not eligible for alternative transfer service.
- Child fares for tap payment are not applicable. Children (between the ages of 6 and 11) who ride using tap payment will be charged adult fares.
- Discounts when transferring to the Toei Line are not applicable.
- Passengers other than those whose name is on the card may not ride using tap payment.
- The same card media must be used when entering and existing a ticket gate. This also applies to multiple media with the same card number.
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