Off Expressway gas station refueling service social experiment (ETC vehicles only)
Continuation after April 2020
~ [E4] Tohoku Expressway Towada IC (Out-bound Line), [E49] Ban-Etsu Expressway Niitsu IC (Upward/Downward Line) ~
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- Important notice to customers
- Continuation of off Expressway gas station refueling service social experiment (ETC vehicles only) from April 2020 onwards
March 29, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
From the perspective of preventing gas Expressway (GS) blank sections on expressways from running out of fuel, we are conducting a social experiment of Expressway station refueling service outside expressways (ETC vehicles only) with the aim of eliminating GS blank sections over 150km. (*)” will be continued for another year.
- If you temporarily leave a designated IC to refuel at a designated GS, the fee will be adjusted to be the same as if you continued driving to your destination (continuing the long-distance reduction).
1. Duration of experiment
1 year from Monday, April 1, 2020
- Please check the gas station information before using Expressway.
- Tohoku Expressway Towada IC has been in operation since July 2017
- Ban-Etsu Expressway Niitsu IC has been in progress since April 2016
2. Applicable place
| Designated IC | Specified GS | |
|---|---|---|
| ① | E4 Tohoku Expressway (Out-bound line) Towada IC (* In-bound line is not applicable) |
Mitsubishi Corporation Energy Osato Tsunezo Shoten Co., Ltd. Towada gas station About 1.5 km from Towada IC Business hours: Weekdays 7:00-19:30 Holidays 7:00-19:00 |
| ② | E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway (upper and lower lines) Niitsu IC | General Energy Co., Ltd. Niitsu Interchange SS About 300m from Niitsu IC Business hours: 4:00 to 2:00 the next day |
- Designated GS may be temporarily closed due to the convenience of the store, so please check with the store in advance for business details.
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3. Applicable condition
- This applies to customers who used a designated IC for the purpose of refueling and refueled at a designated GS. After refueling, please re-inflow from the designated IC.
- Limited to ETC cars (regardless of car type; cash cars are not eligible).
- The ETC card will be verified at the designated GS, so please contact the Niitsu toll gate staff or Towada toll gate staff using the special intercom installed in the GS office.
- Please re-enter the designated IC and return to Expressway within one hour after leaving the designated IC.
- Use in the same direction as the direction you were traveling before the designated IC was leaked is eligible. For example, after driving on In-bound line of Ban-Etsu Expressway, if it flows out at the Niitsu IC, the direction of In-bound line will be the target. Please note that if the direction is changed after refueling with the designated GS, it will not be covered.
In addition, when using Towada IC, only Out-bound line is applicable. Please note that if the direction is changed after refueling with the designated GS, it will not be covered. - For other details, please see Niitsu IC [PDF: 2.9MB] and Towada IC [PDF: 321KB].
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