UnionPay QuickPass Now Supported on Hong Kong MTR Network

TapTechNews August 24th news, starting from today, the Hong Kong MTR (Mass Transit Railway) network officially supports UnionPay QuickPass for passing through the gates. Users can take the MTR (except for Airport Express stations) by using a physical card or a mobile phone with a bound card through the designated gates.

TapTechNews learned that since 2022, the MTR has opened the service of supporting the QR code of UnionPay's Cloud QuickPass App for passing through the gates. This cooperation additionally opens the service of supporting UnionPay QuickPass cards for passing through the gates.

Passengers can flexibly choose UnionPay credit cards that support QuickPass function, or UnionPay mobile QuickPass products such as HuaweiPay and ApplePay with bound UnionPay credit cards, and swipe the phone through the gates with the light blue logo without having to buy tickets separately. The fare will be deducted from the used UnionPay card according to the itinerary after arriving at the station.

According to the official public account of UnionPay International, currently UnionPay payment services have covered the local and cross-border transportation systems in Hong Kong and Macau. Local main means of transportation such as KMB,城巴, Long Win Bus, trams and Macau public buses, and cross-border transportation such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Rail, Shenzhen-Hong Kong cross-border buses, and cross-border jetfoils between Hong Kong and Macau all support UnionPay.