Odakyu Electric Railway, a major private railway company, has started a new service that allows you to use limited express trains for a fixed monthly fee.
Similar services are being introduced in the railway industry for the purpose of recovering the use of railways, which has fallen due to the corona disaster.
This month, Odakyu Electric Railway started a service that allows you to use the Romancecar, a limited express train, for a fixed monthly fee.
There are four types of fares, ranging from 3,500 yen to 6,000 yen per month, depending on the distance.
You can use the smartphone app to specify your seat and use it up to twice a day during the daytime on weekdays.
We also want to help people who have been depressed due to the corona crisis to use trains comfortably for those who commute to work avoiding rush hours and those who live farther away from their workplaces due to the establishment of telework. .
Takahiko Suda of Odakyu Electric Railway's management strategy department said, "The recovery in usage is particularly slow during the daytime on weekdays, so I wondered if I could make use of the free time. Not only can it be used for commuting, but it's a work style that isn't tied to place or time. I would like people who are doing it to use it," he said.
Among the private railways in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Keisei Electric Railway also started a service to set the limited express fare for limited express trains that run mainly during the morning and evening rush hours. services are expanding.