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Record format(F2F format)

This record format is mainly used by organizations who started to use an automatic ticket checker from 1990s. Recordable data is large than the NRZ-1 format. Because a record density is going up, it's difficult to analysis in a naked eye(I expand and analyze with scanned image on a screen).

Normal ticket

Read the data in the direction of the long side. If an interval of a vertical line is 0.25mm, it means "1". If an interval of a vertical line is 0.5mm, it means "0".

F2F(Normal ticket)

The above figure is different from actual data, because data is "0" except preamble/postamble(Checksum is not calculated). Moreover, the blue and red line is added in order to be easy to see a bit position.

Recorded data on each tracks is as follows.

Track A
Bit	Contents	Notes
1-4	Preamble	It means a start of data. The content is "1111"
5-20	End of effective date(month and day)	Month, day(tenths place), day(ones place)
21-36	Origin station	Line, station
37-46	Sections of origin station
47-62	Transfer station	Line, station
63-72	Sections of transfer station
73-76	Ticket type
77-80	Checksum
81-84	Postamble	It means an end of data. The content is "0111"

Track B
Bit	Contents	Notes
15-18	Preamble	It means a start of data. The content is "1111"
19-30	Start of effective date/Boarding date	Month, day(tenths place), day(ones place)
31-46	Boarding station code
47-58	Boarding date
59-62	Reserved
63-66	Entering/Exiting code
67-70	Checksum
71-74	Postamble	It means an end of data. The content is "0111"

Track C
Bit	Contents	Notes
1-4	Preamble	It means a start of data. The content is "1111"
5-20	via 1	Line, Station
21-36	via 2	Line, Station
37-52	via 3	Line, Station
53-68	via 4	Line, Station
69-76	Ticket type
77-80	Checksum
81-84	Postamble	It means an end of data. The content is "0111"