No tickets for high-speed trains - implementation
Aug 8, 2019 | 9:45 pm
#16
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The barcode comes up in a later provision which says those who've undergone real-name validation on the app can pass through the automatic gates using a QR code generated by the app.
在12306.cn网站注册用户且通过铁路12306手机APP完成人脸身份核验，可凭铁路12306手机 APP生成的动态二维码，通过自动检票闸机办理进、出站检票手续。
No need for showing ID, just the phone? Does this apply to foreigners, too? Time will tell.
在12306.cn网站注册用户且通过铁路12306手机APP完成人脸身份核验，可凭铁路12306手机 APP生成的动态二维码，通过自动检票闸机办理进、出站检票手续。
No need for showing ID, just the phone? Does this apply to foreigners, too? Time will tell.
Aug 12, 2019 | 6:24 pm
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Aug 12, 2019 | 6:43 pm
#22
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You can purchase online directly or through an agent, but for non-HSR tickets it looks like you'll continue to need to get a paper ticket in exchange at a ticketing place (or delivered, perhaps). As mentioned here before, it does seem that China Rail is experimenting with ticket machines that accept passports, so ultimately you shouldn't have to wait in line at a ticket counter to get your paper ticket, you'll be able to use a machine.
Sep 21, 2019 | 8:30 am
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Exiting a station yesterday, I noticed that the manual gate had disappeared: just a long row of machines, though with a staff member standing next to one. I went there and she showed me how to put my passport in a scanner slot in the gate, and what do you know, it opened. Don't know whether all the gates were so equipped; there were no signs in Chinese (or English) directing passport holders where to go, though there was a foggy loudspeaker announcement I couldn't quite grasp.
Entering there was a manual gate, so I didn't check whether passports could be used in the automatic gates there, as well.
Entering there was a manual gate, so I didn't check whether passports could be used in the automatic gates there, as well.