Discussion about the Distribution of IC Cards for Railways

Railway transportation undertakes the major domestic passenger transport task, and the method of ticket sales greatly determines the quality of the ticket sale service. The Integrated Circuit (IC) card is widely used in urban public transport, so many cities have started to use the public transport IC card in China and have formed a certain scale. Thus, the concept of railway passenger transportation must change by making it easy to buy tickets. The long-term grasp should be to meet people's needs and continuously expand the passenger market share. This paper relates: (1) the relevant principle of the multi-purpose card service mechanism of Southwest Jiaotong University; (2) the principles of metro fare types; (3) the mechanism of the public transportation card, and (4) the successful application of the "Guangshen Railway Peony Financial IC Card" to put forward railway IC card votes. According to the above, the feasibility of issuing IC card votes in intercity trains is put forward.