Digital train tickets success

It has been a month since paper tickets were replaced by digital ones at 20 stations on the Shanghai-Ningbo high-speed train route. 

At the stations, which include Shanghai, Nanjing and Suzhou, 6.5 million digital tickets had been sold since July 26, China Railway Shanghai Group said. 

When passenger buy tickets at windows or ticket vending machines, they only receive a receipt with ticket information which cannot be used as a ticket.

Passengers only have to scan their ID cards, or permanent residency cards for expats, at turnstiles to board trains. For those with ID papers which can’t be scanned, a manual ticket channel will be opened.

China Railway has upgraded 1,242 ticket vending machines and added 379 ticket checking machines at the stations. 

The company suggested passengers double check if the stations of their departure and arrival are included in the 20 stations, otherwise they won’t be able to use digital tickets.