别了！纸质火车票 China to phase out paper train tickets

Paper railway tickets(纸质火车票 zhǐ zhì huǒchē piào) set to become a thing(东西 dōngxi) of the past(过去的 guòqù de) in China, with e-tickets set to become the standard, reports Tencent News.

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Shan Xinghua, director of technology with 12306 China Railway, paperless train travel currently being trialed(试验 shìyàn) in Hainan is going to be expanded(扩展 kuòzhǎn) across the country.

Instead of being given a paper slip, passengers will be granted access to the trains by simply showing their ID cards(身份证 shēnfèn zhèng) or scanning(扫描 sǎomiáo) the 12306 QR code(二维码 èrwéimǎ) on a smartphone.

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The report does not clarify when the paper tickets will be eliminated(消除 xiāochú).

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