NAVITIME JAPAN Launches App Displaying Train Routes Specifically for Travel When Using Japan Rail Pass
Further Expands "NAVITIME for Japan Travel" Services for Visitors from Overseas
TOKYO, Japan -- August 9, 2016 -- NAVITIME JAPAN Co. Ltd. further expanded its "NAVITIME for Japan Travel" services. Starting from August 10, an Android navigation app designed for use by visitors from overseas will enable them to search door-to-door travel routes that prioritize travel when they use the "Japan Rail Pass".
The Japan Rail Pass is a travel pass offered jointly by six companies under the JR Group, which is for tourists who come to Japan for sightseeing purposes. With the pass, rail-pass holders can ride certain Shinkansen (bullet) trains as well as express trains and local trains operated by JR, as often as they like while the pass is valid.
NAVITIME JAPAN's CEO, Keisuke Onishi, was pleased to comment on the new service, saying, "The unique feature of this new service is that rail-pass holders can search door-to-door travel routes and be provided a display of routes that give a priority to routes on which they can use the Japan Rail Pass." The app displays Shinkansen and other trains, in addition to the Tokyo Monorail, which pass-holders can travel on when they use the pass. And what is useful is the service's ability to filter out trains that cannot be used to travel on, such as the Nozomi and Mizuho Shinkansen trains. The travel routes displayed take this factor into consideration and first show only routes on trains on which the Japan Rail Pass can be used.
*According to the results of NAVITIME JAPAN's own study as of August 9, 2016.
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