JR West has introduced a "touchless ticket vending machine" that allows you to buy tickets without touching the screen at Shin-Osaka Station on a trial basis.
With the growing need for a non-contact lifestyle due to the corona, we would like to increase the number if it has a good reputation.
On the 2nd, JR West introduced a ticket vending machine that allows you to buy tickets "touchlessly" without touching the screen, which was newly introduced before the ticket gate at Shin-Osaka Station.
Infrared rays detect your finger near the ticket vending machine, and you can buy Shinkansen or conventional line tickets without touching the screen.
It was developed by an affiliated company amid growing needs for a non-contact lifestyle that does not touch things due to corona.
This is the first time for the JR Group to introduce a "touchless ticket vending machine," and it is said that it will consider increasing the number of tickets if it has a good reputation after conducting a demonstration experiment for about two months.
When purchasing with a credit card, a touch is required when entering the PIN code, and it is also necessary to touch the ticket vending machine when receiving change, but the 50-year-old woman who used it said, "It is convenient because you do not have to touch it. I thought that. Even when shopping at a supermarket, I sometimes worry about contact when handing over cash, so I hope that such touchless services will spread. "
In addition, the chief of the Adachi Daishi section of the JR West Sales Headquarters said, "I feel an interest in non-contact with the world due to the corona disaster, so I would like you to use this ticket vending machine with peace of mind."