Cashless rail tickets launched

By The Nation

 

 

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and Kasikornbank (KBank) have launched a QR code train ticket payment service.

 

Voravuth Mala, SRT acting governor, said a cashless society in alignment with the Thailand 4.0 policy meant SRT was trying to make it easier for commuters to enhance convenience and fare payment. A total of 140 ticket machines will accept payments with Visa and MasterCard cards at 56 stations, including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Ubon Ratchathani, Nongkhai, Hat Yai Junction and Chumphon. More are planned. 

 

Patchara Samalapa, KBank president, said QR code payments were also available for airlines, ferries and buses, reducing staff costs.

 

At present, 2.4 million passengers use trains each month or around 80,000 daily and the number is set to increase with high-speed rail. Currently, only 6 per cent of passengers use bank cards for payment.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30349380

 

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Can someone explain how to buy something using a QR code?

How do you pay?

 

27 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Can someone explain how to buy something using a QR code?

How do you pay?

 

You scan the code using your banking app etc. Service such as Line Pay should also support that.

 

The QR code itself carries no value, it contains  the information required to process the payment.

They just need to bring the rest of the railway system into the 21st century now.

The title and content is a bit misleading. Ticket machines? I doubt they put up self service ticket machines at the stations. And the payment with debit and credit cards can be done at most train station ticket counters since long time.

What would be really great if they could integrate paperless tickets with barcode similar to when you order a cinema ticket online.

 

 

Cashless rail tickets launched

 

No need for this. It can be achieved by giving tickets away for free....