Kobe City: Introduction of Subway Point Service and End of Sales of Commuter Coupons, etc.

Press Release (June 6, 2024)
Management Planning Division, Transportation Bureau
In order to improve the convenience of IC cards, the Kobe City Subway will introduce the Kobe City Subway Point Redemption Service, which grants points for ICOCA use in addition to a discount service for PiTaPa use (“Subway Subway Point Service”), which grants points for ICOCA use, will also be introduced.
　In addition, sales of subway coupon tickets and city bus/subway NEW U-Line cards will be discontinued, and only IC cards will be sold for subway commuter passes.

Outline of Subway Point Service

(1) Service details

　
　Points will be awarded based on the amount spent when a customer uses the ICOCA (*) registered for use at a station ticket vending machine more than a predetermined number of times on the same fare section of the subway.
z Points awarded will be redeemed by recharging the ICOCA at a station ticket vending machine from the middle of the following month.
z Once redeemed, the redeemed amount can be used as the recharged amount for After the points are redeemed, they can be used as the redeemed amount for boarding a train or for shopping.
z Linkage with point services provided by Hanshin Electric Railway (including Kobe Kosoku Line), Hankyu Electric Railway, Nose Electric Railway, Sanyo Electric Railway and Kobe Electric Railway.
* Includes Children ICOCA, Mobile ICOCA / ICOCA for Apple Pay, SMART ICOCA and KIPS ICOCA. Including Children ICOCA, Mobile ICOCA, Apple Pay ICOCA, SMART ICOCA and KIPS ICOCA.

(2) Scheduled introduction period

　　Start of registration: From the first train on December 1, 2024 (Sun.)
Start of point calculation: From the first train on or after December 1, 2024 (Sun.)

(3) Point types

2. end of sales of subway coupon tickets, city bus and subway NEW U-Line cards, and subway magnetic commuter passes

The end of sale and expiration dates of each ticket are as follows.

　　*Coupons for Kobe Electric Railway will also cease to be sold.
　　*Special discount coupon tickets for persons with disabilities will remain on sale.
　　*Special discount commuter passes for persons with disabilities, Keiro commuter passes, practical commuter passes, and some commuter passes for other companies will continue to be sold as magnetic commuter passes.
　　*Sale of city bus magnetic commuter passes will end on December 31, 2021.

ICOCA and Mobile ICOCA are registered trademarks of West Japan Railway Company.
Apple and Apple Pay are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
PiTaPa is a registered trademark of SURUTTO KANSAI Co.
Subway Point Service is different from “City Bus Point Service” provided by Kobe City Bus.
Subway Point Service is different from “WESTER Point Service” provided by West Japan Railway Company.