China to Phase Out Paper Train Tickets

Paper railway tickets will become a thing of the past in China, while e-tickets will become the standard, Tencent News reported.

Shan Xinghua, chief technology officer of China Railway 12306, said the paperless trains, which are currently being trialed in Hainan, will be rolled out nationwide.

Passengers will be able to take the subway without getting a slip of paper, just by showing their id CARDS or scanning the 12306 qr code on their smartphones.

The report did not specify when paper tickets would be eliminated.