Source: Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/42d7af2e-d95a-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e
Source: ECNS http://www.ecns.cn/2017/02-06/244227.shtml
Source: BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37562177
Source: PEOPLE DAILY http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/1130/c90000-9149061.html
Source: CRIENGLISH english.cri.cn/12394/2016/11/30/3821s946170.htm Face recognition technology is being rolled out at Beijing West Railway Station, offering another quicker option for passengers to get their tickets checked.
Source: Ethiosports http://www.ethiosports.com/2016/12/13/addis-ababa-light-rail-transit-to-introduce-e-ticketing-system/ The Addis Ababa Light Railway Transit (AALRT) will soon implement an electronic ticketing system.
Source: The Economist http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21665199-addis-ababa-has-opened-first-part-new-light-rail-system-sub-saharan-africa GETTING around African cities is famously stressful. Whether in Nairobi, Lagos or Johannesburg most journeys involve negotiating roads clogged with honking cars and choked with fumes. This is also true of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's fast-growing capital. But it is now possible to make at least some journeys there without braving the hectic streets. On September 21st, the city opened the first part of its new urban metro. With the exception of South Africa's Gautrain, it is the first light rail system to be built anywhere in sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/14/tech/addis-ababa-light-rail-metro/ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (CNN)In Addis Ababa, a city of over 4 million people, the more traditional way of getting around has been in mini vans -- a cross between a bus and a taxi, that picks people up and drops them wherever they want to go.
Source:Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-21/modernizing-ethiopia-opens-475-million-china-built-urban-rail Tekle Negash's days of riding a battered minibus to work in Ethiopia's capital are over. Boarding Addis Ababa's $475-million, Chinese-built and funded Light Rail, he can slash his one-hour commute by two-thirds and still save money.
Source: New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/world/africa/africa-china-train.html?_r=0
Source: AllAfrica http://allafrica.com/stories/201701100050.html The completion of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, a new 752km track linking Ethiopia's capital with the Port of Djibouti, was officially marked today at a ceremony at Nagad Railway Station in Djibouti.
Source: PTS News Network http://news.pts.org.tw/article/346806 Chunyun, or "Spring migration" in China, is the largest human event on the planet. In 2017 -- the Year of the Rooster -- Chinese authorities expect holidaymakers to make 3 billion trips by land over the 40-day period, which starts in January. Some stations including the Beijing Railway Station have employed the facial recognition technology to increase the efficiency.
Source: Global Times http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1023895.shtml The Beijing West Railway Station has adopted an automatic face-recognition system to help passengers get into the station more quickly as the Spring Festival travel rush, known as chunyun, is approaching and as bookings began on Thursday.
Source: AllAfrica http://allafrica.com/stories/201509250359.html Addis Ababa — Habiba Awol, 24, is excited ahead of her first train ride.
Source: BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34315197 Ethiopia's first modern urban commuter rail service has been launched in the capital Addis Ababa.