I tried using "EX-IC service" that the Shinkansen can be used without ticket

You can book your favorite seats in advance from the net cheaply "Express reservation"Further up the power, you can use the bullet train without tickets"EX-IC serviceIt started from the end of March this year. I tried it because I had the opportunity to use just how much power actually is.

Experience report is from the following.
EX-IC Service Information | Express Reservation Shinkansen membership-based net reservation

The actual way of riding is written below.

EX-IC Service Ride Method (EX-IC Service Information) | Express Reservation Shinkansen membership-based net reservation

This time it will be a full ticketless ride, so it will be a pattern of "If you are going to transfer with a conventional line (ride with the IC card for the metropolitan area on the conventional line)".

Just ride the conventional line as usual like ICOCA · Suica · TOICA, etc. When you come to the ticket gate of the Shinkansen, just touch two pieces with the feeling as below.


Then, such "IC usage form" comes out. I will show this when I turn inside the car.


The back is like this


In terms of impressions you actually used, you will be able to move quickly anyway. It was necessary to issue a ticket as it was an express reservation so far, so it will take time for a lot of people to be lined up while in a hurry Ugya! There was a case that it became the state of saying that, it completely disappears. In addition, the speed of passing through the ticket gate of the Shinkansen is higher than the paper ticket. Because there will be no time to put that breath that had existed before putting in 2 paper tickets and putting them out. It is exactly the same feeling as getting on and off with IC card of JR or private railway. This speed is quite nice.

As a matter of course, you can use only one person, that is, one person on one EX - IC card. So, when multiple people make an express reservation, there is only the conventional way. Whether this is the cause, application and use by a corporation will start from next summer. Also, the use of EX - IC service in all sections of Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen (Tokyo - Hakata) will also be available from next summer.

By the way, unlike ordinary express reservation, "Shinkansen ticketless fare" is applied, so it will be cheap a little (roughly 200 yen?). Simulation is possible from the following.

EX-IC Fare Navi (Information on EX-IC Service) | Express Reservation Shinkansen membership-based net reservation

However, "in the city" or "in the city" in the regular ticket is not applicable, so it will be higher depending on circumstances. Whether it can be somewhat higher or not convenience or choosing cheapness, etc. is a split of judgment. In the case of "You can not afford a little time loss because the schedule is decided in minutes, although you can afford to go to the destination, the EX - IC card is useful."