At the till

Other Ways to Pay

The 12306 App Stopped

Buy the rail ticket at the station window

Take the passport to the ticket window. Beijing’s guide says that window can take RMB cash, a Chinese or foreign bank card, or a mobile-payment app. The name on the ticket still has to match the passport. A self-service machine may accept a foreign permanent resident ID and still refuse a passport, so do not count on the machine. The 12306 English site and app are a separate path after identity verification. This page does not sell the ticket and does not know whether your card logo is on that checkout.

Beijing — railway tickets for foreign travelers, 24 Apr 2024: https://english.beijing.gov.cn/specials/aguidetoworkingandlivinginchinaasbusinessexpatriates2024/dailylifeservices/202404/t20240424_3635102.html

None of these is a ChinaClear checkout, and none of them is a way to raise a wallet limit. Where a figure is quoted above it comes from the source beside it; where no figure is quoted, no page states one.