Transit Maps: Passnet

Tokyo Metro: Trains of the Passnet Companies Collectible Farecard

January 14, 2014

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Not a transit map, but too darn cute to not share with you. From the same series of collectible Passnet cards as this nifty Tokyo Metro map, this card shows an adorably stylised train for each of the (22!) rail companies that participated in the Passnet program. Source: Rob Ketcherside/Flickr

Historical Map: Tokyo Metro Map on a Passnet Fare Card, 2005

January 8, 2014

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Certainly solves the problem of having to read a map over someone’s shoulder on a crowded train (or resorting to wearing one on your tie). Passnet was a magnetic-stripe fare card in use in the Kanto region from 2000 to 2008: it’s since been replaced by the contactless Pasmo card. Source: Rob Ketcherside/Flickr