Guangzhou metro announced recently that it is planning to roll out 10 new services by the end of this year. The plan will include cashless entry services, with all lines supporting cashless payments via scanning QR codes, the use of IC cards or even ‘clou
Guangzhou metro announced recently that it is planning to roll out 10 new services by the end of this year. The plan will include cashless entry services, with all lines supporting cashless payments via scanning QR codes, the use of IC cards or even ‘cloudcards’. All metro lines of Guangzhou had began to support UnionPay service since June 2 this year.
The “smart gate” system. The highlighted part in the picture is used for scanning QR-code. Photo:GDtoday
But no matter you use Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or Android HCE, you have to connect with a bank card with UnoinPay. However, by the end of this year, you can use WeChat Pay or Alipay to buy tickets on the official APP of Guangzhou metro. The metro will install “smart gate” system in every metro station, to further enhance the cashless payments.
Now these “smart gates” have been trialed in the APM line. You can use WeChat pay or Alipay to buy metro tickets by two ways as the following shows:
1. Follow the official Wechat account of Guangzhou Metro (search “广州地铁微服务”). Buy the metro ticket through the “buying ticket (购票)” function and finish the payment by WeChat Pay. The system will generate a QR-code. The “smart gates” will scan this QR-code and let you in.
2. Log on Guangzhou Metro official APP. Click “buying ticket (购票)” when entering the main interface.After you completethe registration process, you can buy metro tickets by Alipay follow the instruction. And then the system will generate a QR-code which can make you pass the “smart gates”.
Buses in Guangzhou accept Yangchengtong QR Code
On July 30, Guangzhou Yangchengtong Co. Ltd. rolled out its QR Code bus ride, enabling riders to pay the bus fare by just scanning the QR Code. It is expected that all Bus Rapid Transit lines (BRT) in Guangzhou and buses in Nansha district will provide such services by the end of this month.
Users can download the Yangchengtong QR Code through a Yangchengtong app or WeChat Mini Program. Here are the steps to get the QR Code.
Yangchengtong app
1. Scan the following QR Code to download the Yangchengtong app.
For cellphone with Android system
For cellphone with IOS system
2. Open the app and click the QR Code on the home page, then register an account number and transfer 20 yuan into the account. A Yangchengtong QR Code will be created.
WeChat Mini Program
1. Search “腾讯乘车码” in the WeChat Mini Program.
2. Attach your cellphone number with the QR Code.
3. Activate the “payment without password.” Here a bank card may need to be bound.
4. Input the password.
5. The formed QR Code will be saved in the Me-Cards & Offers-Membership Cards.
Users just need to put the Yangchengtong QR Code under the code scanning machine of buses and with a sound “di,” you can get on the bus.
