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Train tickets sure, for the high speed rail, but metro? Not in Shanghai at least

• Symbiote 1y ago
  Metro ticket machines in Beijing won't sell a ticket until you've scanned an identity card. Tourists must wait at the ticket window. Foreigners aren't usually asked to show the passport unless they look Chinese.
  • dom3k 1y ago
    No need to wait at no window. After you activate Alipay, just click on "Transport" and create a metro card for Beijing. Scan code on enter, scan on exit, pay the sweet low fare automatically. One app, 30+ cities.
    • Symbiote 1y ago
      "Activating Alipay" requires using an identity card or passport.
      • dom3k 1y ago
        You don't have to wait at the ticket window though. Privacy? Maybe not. But convenience? At every corner.