Off Expressway gas station refueling service social experiment (ETC vehicles only)
Continuation after April 2023
~ [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
- About continuation after April 2023 of gas station refueling service social experiment (ETC car only) outside Expressway
March 31, 2023
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 the designated IC for refueling with the designated GS, the charge will be adjusted to the same amount as if you traveled continuously to the destination (long-distance gradual reduction continues).
1. Duration of experiment
1 year from Saturday, April 1, 2023
- 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 spilled with a designated IC for the purpose of refueling and were refueled with a designated GS. In addition, please re-inflow from the outflow IC after refueling.
- ETC vehicles only (It doesn't matter the car model. 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 within 1 hour after leaving the designated IC and return to Expressway.
- 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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