RZD Expands Biometric Boarding to New Train Routes
The biometric boarding service for trains has become available on new routes. Now, passengers can use biometrics to board trains on the following routes: • Nizhny Novgorod – Kirov, • Nizhny Novgorod – Ivanovo.
Consensus
- Biometric boarding service is available on the routes Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow–Ivanovo, and Moscow–Kostroma since April.
- The service has been extended to Nizhny Novgorod–Kirov, and Nizhny Novgorod–Iwanovo as of August 18.
- Passengers must register in the Unified Biometric System in advance to use the service.
- Passengers can choose between biometric verification or passport for boarding.
- The system uses a conductor's portable device to verify identity at boarding.
- RZD plans to scale the biometric boarding system to all key passenger routes within three years.
- The technology is currently operational only at initial stations, with plans to expand to intermediate stops.
- Interest in the service is growing, according to RZD officials.
- RZD is working with telecom operators to ensure stable network coverage.
Points of divergence
- 659 passengers have used the biometric boarding service so far. — kommersant
- The Ministry of Transport reported that biometric payment systems are now operational in all Russian metro systems as of early July. — vesti
- The biometric boarding service at Sheremetyevo Airport is an experiment set to last until April of the following year. — m24
Coverage (4 sources)
- Biometric boarding service for trains has become available on new routes — Правительство России
- RZD will implement biometric boarding on all key routes in the next three years — Коммерсантъ
- In RZD, plans to implement biometric travel on all key routes within three years — Вести
- RZD will implement biometric travel on key routes over the course of 3 years — Москва 24