On October 31, the reporter learned from Yichang East Railway Station that new progress has been made in the construction of the smartstation. 16sets ofelectronic ticketingequipment are under construction and are projectedto be put into use by the end of November. At that time, in addition to ID card scanning and "facescanning", passengers can alsohave access to the station viaelectronic ticket notice or 12306 dynamic QR code.

　　After the activation of such equipment, passengers can get an information sheet to recordinformation with their train numbers and seat numbers, says the staff at the station.At the same time, passengerswill receive the electronic ticket notice issuedby the railway departmentas the boarding voucher.For passengers who purchase e-tickets on 12306 website, they can alsocheck in or out by scanningthe dynamic QR code generated by 12306 mobile app. This means no "ticket collection" link, we can say “Farewell”to printedtickets.

　　Anumber ofsmart devices have been put into use in the station recently, including 22 landing electronic information screens, 7 train number screens, 2 automatic service guiding machines and electronic landmarks, providing more convenience and higher efficiencyfor all passengers.(Reporter Liu Jingjing;Correspondent Zhao Haijing)