Recently, Lu Dongfu, Party Secretary and General Manager of China Railway Corporation, announced at the "Forum on the 10th Anniversary of the Development of Intelligent High-speed Railway and the Opening of Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway" that e-tickets will be promoted nationwide next year. At that time, passengers may be able to "swipe their mobile phones" and "swipe their ID cards" and enter the station directly, without having to exchange paper tickets before boarding.
E-ticket, also known as "paperless" ticket, means that after ordering tickets through the Internet, passengers can take the bus directly through the railway station entrance and ticket gate with valid identification documents such as the second-generation ID card, without exchanging paper tickets.
It is not uncommon for high-speed rail to brush ID cards into the station. In fact, it has been gradually implemented since the real-name management of train tickets was realized in China. I believe many friends have also had the experience of directly swiping ID cards. However, for a long time, most parts of China still need to "check tickets" before entering the station. At present, many high-speed trains between Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen and major second-tier cities in China have basically realized ID card rides.
There are still many trains running between other second-tier cities and some relatively remote areas, which still do not support "paperless" rides. When passengers take these trains, they still need to exchange paper tickets at the ticket office of the railway station to enter the station.
As early as the fourth quarter of this year, the e-ticket business of China Railway will be piloted. In recent years, it has become more and more common to take the bus and subway by brushing your mobile phone. Electronic payment has profoundly changed our lives.
The reporter learned from Wuhan Bureau of China Railway that in the fourth quarter of this year, the e-ticket business of China Railway will be piloted! At that time, on some pilot routes, passengers may be able to "swipe their mobile phones" and "swipe their ID cards" to enter the station directly without exchanging paper tickets, which will be promoted in the national high-speed rail next year.