A staff is helping a passenger to buy the E-ticket
All high-speed and intercity railway stations on the Chinese mainland will allow passengers to use electronic tickets, the country's top railway operator said on Tuesday.
With the adoption of e-ticket service on the high-speed line linking Lanzhou of Gansu province and Urumqi of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Wednesday, all 1,075 high-speed stations will allow passengers to check in without a paper ticket, said the China State Railway Group.
When entering the station and checking in, passengers need only swipe an identification card - a second-generation ID card for Chinese mainland residents, a permanent residence permit for foreign "green card" holders, or a mainland residence permit or travel permit for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents- at the self-service counters. Foreigners with passport need to check in through the mannual channel.
Those whose ID cannot be read by the machines will be able to check in through the manual channel.
A couple from Luohe, Central China's Henan province show their e-tickets receipts of trains from Wuhan to home