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Outline

An automatic ticket checker mechanizes a work of checking tickets by person. It can check the passenger's ticket which is valid or not in a flash.

In 1960's, the machine was tested for putting it to practical use at JNR(Japan National Railway), Kintetsu and Tokyu etc.. Practical use was started at Hankyu(Keihanshin kyuko) Kita-senri station in Osaka.

Many of automatic ticket checkers are installed in the station of railway. It also can be seen in museum and airport etc.. And then it is used as a security gate in office in nowadays.

Exterior

Machine is arranged on both sides of a pathway and person passes through this way. For details, I explain in another page.

Exterior

(1) Bar: To detect passenger by using infra red
(2) Catcher: Throw your ticket in this catcher
(3) Course display: Leading passengers to pathway
(4) Box: Collecting used tickets into this box

Price

The price seems to be about millions of yen in the single functional type only dealing with a magnetic ticket. In latest machines which have multi function(Magnetic ticket and IC card)are priced 10 million yen or more.

The concrete price of Toshiba's machine is displayed in web page(http://www.g-mark.org).

Model	Price	Delivered to
EG-800	5,000,000 yen	Hankyu Corporation
EG-1100JE	10,000,000 - 20,000,000 yen	Central Japan Railway Company(Shinkansen)
EG-3000	Open price	Central Japan Railway Company(Shinkansen)