Mobile phone will replace the paper ticket at the composition of Kazakhstan, informs Tengrinews. Kz referring to the head of Department of development of JSC " Passenger travel " Diamond Aitpaeva.
" we have plans now to equip all the compositions of our trains, and we 119 trains (excluding international-Approx. Author). Today we only 10 trains are equipped with mobile terminals for reading e-tickets. It Almaty-Astana 1, 2 (Talgo), the composition of n 57 Astana-Uralsk, 77 Almaty-Atyrau (Talgo), Astana-Aktobe n 87 (Talgo), 4 trains of distant messages And 6 trains of the suburban message. Around Astana, that Is, Astana-Karaganda, Astana-Borovoye, Astana-Pavlodar.(...) The passenger may, through the Internet to make that come with a printed ticket A4 landing or with your smartphone, our guide just scans with phone And make a landing, " said Aytpaev.
He told me that within the test project, launched in March, KTZ has implemented e-ticketing technology. This means the transition from strict reporting forms on electronic travel document.
" in the framework of the pilot, We have opened sales of tickets to 84 domestic structures. 10 of them are equipped with mobile terminals. The remaining 74 structures work in a different way. If so ten Passenger trains at any time acquires a ticket, even in transit may, through the Internet to make And pass on the landing, and in these there is a time limit. Purchase of a ticket should be an hour before the departure of trains, If it talks about purchasing tickets via the Internet or through a payment terminal of self-service ", - He said.
He explained that the passenger is no need to contact the box office for printing on letterhead of the strict reporting. In this case conductors per hour prior to the departure of the trains is issued a statement, that is a list of all passengers who have purchased a ticket via the Internet." But It is as long as a temporary limitation. I think before the end of the year We all trains will equip mobile terminals that are online will read. And We have these limits will completely remove. And then there is the Internet sales at us will appear on all 119 trains, " explained Aytpaev.

Head of Department of development of JSC " Passenger travel " told also about the fact that on June 18, is already operating a pilot project on implementation of e-tickets in trains that run towards Russia." We in Sochi and met with our colleagues, such as JSC " FPC ", And agreed with them about the fact that on June 18, opened in two pilot formulations - our lineup n 71 Astana-Moscow And composition FIC n 325 Novosibirsk-Alma-ATA. As long as they on paper Vedomosti work. We plan to equip all of our 10 trains in the Russian direction of mobile terminals And 3 trains that run in the direction of Kazakhstan. So, 132 compositions fit before the end of the year, " explained Aytpaev.
He noticed that unreached as long as it remains the direction of China, Uzbekistan And Ukraine." By the autumn We plan to bring this issue up for discussion ", - He said. Aytpaev also said that at the railway stations And in places of the big congestion of people today are defined order of 2 thousand payment terminals. By the end of the year in the " Passenger transportation " intend to increase the network of terminals from 2 thousand to 30 thousand.

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