A charging method in a feeder-lineless traffic system in which an electric storage unit of a vehicle running on a predetermined pathway with the use of a power of the electric storage unit mounted on the vehicle is charged from a charger set up on the pathway, wherein a contact charging way in which a power feeder connected to the charger set up on the ground is made into contact with a power receiver mounted on a vehicle is carried out to charge power to the electric storage unit of the vehicle when the vehicle comes to a stop, the power receiver is a planar contactor which is secured to the roof of the vehicle, which is extended in a vehicle advancing direction, having a predetermined thickness, and the power feeder is composed of a pair of feeding shoes each of which is provided to a ground structure arranged each of opposite sides of the planar contactor , through the intermediary of a link mechanism so as to be movable to and from the planar contactor , and means for urging the pair of feeding shoes with a resilient force in a direction in which the pair of feeding shoes approach each other so as to press the feeding shoes against the planar contactor inserted between the pair of feeding shoes , characterized by converting a commercial electric power by the charger and a charge control unit of the charger into a DC power which is chargeable directly into the electric storage unit , and charging the DC power into the electric storage unit through the intermediary of the power feeder and the power receiver while a current value of the DC power is controlled, when the vehicle runs in a running direction and the planar contactor is inserted between the pair of feeding shoes , the vehicle comes to a stop so that the charging to the vehicle is started, or when a return electric cylinder is operated during coming-in of the vehicle so that the pair of feeding shoes are set at a position separated from the planar contactor , and when the planar contactor is inserted between the pair of feeding shoes , the pair of feeding shoes are made into contact with the planar contactor so that the charging to the vehicle is started. a pair of feeding shoes each of which is provided to a ground structure arranged each of opposite sides of the planar contactor , through the intermediary of a link mechanism so as to be movable to and from the planar contactor , and means for urging the pair of feeding shoes with a resilient force in a direction in which the pair of feeding shoes approach each other so as to press the feeding shoes against the planar contactor inserted between the pair of feeding shoes , characterized by converting a commercial electric power by the charger and a charge control unit of the charger into a DC power which is chargeable directly into the electric storage unit , and charging the DC power into the electric storage unit through the intermediary of the power feeder and the power receiver while a current value of the DC power is controlled, when the vehicle runs in a running direction and the planar contactor is inserted between the pair of feeding shoes , the vehicle comes to a stop so that the charging to the vehicle is started, or when a return electric cylinder is operated during coming-in of the vehicle so that the pair of feeding shoes are set at a position separated from the planar contactor , and when the planar contactor is inserted between the pair of feeding shoes , the pair of feeding shoes are made into contact with the planar contactor so that the charging to the vehicle is started. <EOS>