Russian railways are exploring the possibility of letting passengers on trains using the State Services app, but there is no talk of a full switch to QR codes and biometrics. This was reported with reference to the press service of Russian Railways. TASS.
“Together with the relevant departments, we are investigating the possibility of boarding the train by presenting a two-dimensional barcode (QR code) to the Gosuslugi mobile application,” the publication said.
Russian Railways announced that there are no plans to completely board trains using biometric data, this possibility will be completely optional.
On July 23, Russian Railways reported on the company’s plans Scale Use of biometrics when boarding high-speed Sapsan trains.
On July 27, an experiment was conducted on the use of biometrics instead of passports for long-distance train passengers. approved.
Previously at Russian Railways refuted Information regarding passenger databases being leaked into the network.