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Posted 24 January 2018 - 03:32 PM

South China Morning Post, 1/18/18:

 
World’s largest subway system goes cashless as Shanghai Metro adopts QR code

Shanghai’s subway, carrying more passengers every day than the population of Hong Kong, will begin using QR code this weekend, allowing commuters to pay via Alipay or China UnionPay.

 

 

From this weekend, Shanghai metro users will no longer need to worry about leaving their public transport cards at home or losing them, or queuing for tickets, as the world’s largest subway system is introducing a quick response (QR) code for mobile phones to pay for fares.

 

With QR code readers are being installed at all the 389 metro stations, passengers can pay their tickets via Alipay or China UnionPay simply by scanning the QR code after downloading a special mobile app offered by the metro, the operator Shanghai Shentong Metro Group said.

 

 






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