Social experiment of off Expressway gas station refueling service (ETC vehicles only)
Regarding continuation after April 2024

~ [E4] Tohoku Expressway Towada IC (Out-bound Line), [E49] Ban-Etsu Expressway Niitsu IC (Upward/Downward Line) ~

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March 29 2024
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

 2024

  • 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
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
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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