China T-Union (), also known as TU (), is a contactless transport card widely used in China. Cardholders can pay for public transport fares in any covered service in China, but card reloading is limited to the locale of initial issuance or through the card issuer's mobile application, where available.
The Ministry of Transport approved the development of the card and pilot projects in 2012. In 2015 the card was launched in Zhenjiang. In 2016, 110 cities supported the card and the following year this number was raised to 165.
By December 2023, 336 cities in China supported the card, and all urban rail transport systems in mainland China support T-Union cards except in Hohhot.
On 26 March 2024, the China T-Union system marked its first expansion beyond mainland China in Hong Kong, with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Shuttle Bus service beginning to accept China T-Union cards at select ticket vending machines in its Hong Kong Port.
The China T-Union organization itself does not directly issue cards; instead, local authorities handle card issuance. Hence, the design of the card varies by issuing region.
In 2018, the Hungarian government invited CTTIC to discuss potential implementation of the system in Hungarian public transport.
Transport services covered As of December 2023, the card can be used in 336 cities in China as following: Beijing All buses (Excluding customized buses), subway and Line S2 Tianjin All buses of Tianjin Bus, Tianjin Binhai Public Transport, Tianjin Transportation Group, Eco-city Bus and Jizhou Transport (except long-instance customize services) and metro lines Hebei All bus and metro lines in Shijiazhuang All bus routes in Baoding, Cangzhou, Chengde, Handan, Hengshui, Langfang, Qinhuangdao, Tangshan, Xingtai and Zhangjiakou, as well as in Xiong'an Shanxi All bus and metro lines in Taiyuan All bus routes in Changzhi, Datong, Jincheng, Jinzhong, Linfen, Lüliang, Shuozhou, Xinzhou, Yangquan and Yuncheng Inner Mongolia All bus routes in Baotou, Bayannur, Chifeng, Hohhot, Hulunbuir, Ordos, and Alxa League Buses in Kailu and Jarud Banner of Tongliao, Tuquan and Horqin Right Front Banner of Hinggan League, Liangcheng County of Ulanqab, Xilinhot and Erenhot Liaoning All bus and metro lines in Shenyang and Dalian All bus routes in Anshan, Benxi, Chaoyang, Dandong, Fushun, Fuxin, Huludao, Jinzhou, Liaoyang, Panjin, Tieling and Yingkou Jilin All bus and metro lines in Changchun All bus routes in Baicheng, Baishan, Jilin, Liaoyuan (except Weijin bus), Siping, Songyuan, Tonghua and Yanbian Prefecture, as well as in Changbaishan area Heilongjiang All bus, metro and ferry lines in Harbin All bus routes in Daqing, Hegang, Heihe, Jiamusi, Jixi, Mudanjiang, Qiqihar, Qitaihe, Suihua, Yichun and Daxing'anling region
Some bus routes in Shuangyashan Shanghai All bus, metro, commuter, ferry and tram lines in Shanghai Jiangsu All bus, metro, taxi and ferry lines, as well as shared bicycles in Nanjing (cards must have no secret keys of MOHURD City Union) All bus, metro and taxi lines in Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and Xuzhou
All bus, tram and taxi lines in Huai'an
All bus and metro lines in Nantong
All bus and taxi lines in Lianyungang, Suqian, Taizhou, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang Zhejiang All bus and metro lines in Hangzhou, Jinhua, Taizhou, Wenzhou All bus, metro and commuter lines in Ningbo and Shaoxing
All bus, metro and tram lines in Jiaxing
All bus routes in Huzhou, Lishui, Quzhou and Zhoushan Anhui All bus and metro lines in Hefei, Wuhu and Chuzhou All bus routes in Anqing, Bengbu, Bozhou, Chizhou, Fuyang, Huaibei, Huainan, Huangshan, Lu'an, Ma'anshan, Suzhou, Tongling and Xuancheng Fujian All bus and metro lines in Fuzhou All bus, metro and ferry lines in Xiamen
All bus and ferry lines in Putian
All bus lines in Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Sanming, Nanping and Ningde, as well as in Pingtan area
Rural buses in Longyan (Longyan urban area no longer supports T-union since 2021) Jiangxi All bus and metro lines in Nanchang All bus lines in Ganzhou, Ji'an, Jiujiang, Jingdezhen, Pingxiang, Xinyu, Yingtan, Yichun, Shangrao and Fuzhou Shandong All bus and subway lines in Ji'nan All bus, metro and ferry lines in Qingdao (however, fabricate cards of Apple Pay don't support Qingdao Metro)
All bus lines in Yantai, Ji'ning, Weihai, Linyi, Dezhou, Binzhou, Heze, Zaozhuang, Zibo, Tai'an, Rizhao, Liaocheng, Weifang and Dongying Henan All bus and metro lines in Zhengzhou and Luoyang All bus and Water Bus lines in Xuchang
All bus routes in Pingdingshan, Anyang, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Shangqiu, Xinyang, Zhumadian, Puyang, Kaifeng, Nanyang, Luohe, Sanmenxia, Hebi, Zhoukou and Jiyuan Hubei All bus, metro and ferry lines in Wuhan All bus and tram lines in Huangshi
All bus routes in Xianning, Qianjiang, Jingmen, Suizhou, Ezhou, Yichang, Xiangyang, Xiantao, Tianmen, Xiaogan, Huanggang and Shiyan
Some bus routes in Shennongjia Hunan All bus and metro lines in Changsha and Xiangtan All bus routes in Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Shaoyang, Yueyang, Changde, Zhangjiajie, Yiyang, Chenzhou, Yongzhou, Huaihua, Loudi and Xiangxi Prefecture Guangdong All bus, tram, water buses and metro lines in GuangzhouAll bus, tram and metro lines in Shenzhen and FoshanAll bus and metro lines in DongguanAll bus routes in Zhaoqing, Qingyuan, Huizhou, Shaoguan, Zhuhai, Shantou, Jiangmen, Zhanjiang, Maoming, Meizhou, Shanwei, Heyuan, Yangjiang, Zhongshan, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Yunfu Guangxi All bus and metro lines in Nanning All bus routes in Liuzhou, Qinzhou, Baise, Hezhou, Laibin, Guilin, Beihai, Fangchenggang, Guigang, Yulin, Congzuo, Wuzhou and Hechi Hainan All bus and tram lines in Sanya All bus routes in Haikou and Danzhou Chongqing All metro lines, all bus routes except in Changshou District, Yangtze River Cableway and two escalators Sichuan All bus and metro lines in Chengdu All bus lines in Bazhong, Dazhou, Deyang, Guang'an, Guangyuan, Leshan, Luzhou, Meishan, Mianyang, Nanchong, Neijiang, Panzhihua, Suining, Ya'an, Yibin, Zigong, Ziyang, and Ngawa, Ganzi, Liangshan Prefectures Guizhou All bus and metro lines in Guiyang All bus lines in Bijie, Liupanshui, Tongren, Zunyi, and Qiandongnan, Qiannan, Qianxinan Prefectures
Some bus routes in Anshun Yunnan All bus and metro lines in Kunming All bus lines in Baoshan, Lijiang, Lincang, Pu'er, Qujing, Yuxi, Zhaotong, and Chuxiong, Diqing, Honghe, Nujiang, Wenshan, Xishuangbanna Prefectures
Some bus routes in Dali and Dehong Prefectures Tibet All bus lines in Lhasa, Shigatse, Chamdo, Nyingchi, Shannan, Nagqu and Ngari Prefecture Shaanxi All bus and metro lines in Xi'an and Xianyang All bus routes in Baoji, Tongchuan, Weinan, Yan'an, Hanzhong, Yulin, Ankang and Shangluo, as well as in Yangling area Gansu All bus, metro and ferry lines in Lanzhou All bus lines in Jiayuguan, Jinchang, Wuwei, Zhangye, Pingliang, Jiuquan, Dingxi, Longnan, and Gannan and Linxia Prefectures
Some bus routes in Baiyin, Tianshui and Qingyang Qinghai All bus routes in Xining, Haidong, and Huangnan, Yushu, Haixi Prefectures Ningxia All bus routes in Yinchuan, Shizuishan, Zhongwei, Guyuan and Wuzhong Xinjiang (include XPCC) All bus and metro lines in Ürümqi All bus routes in Karamay, Hami, and Changji, Ili, Bortala, Bayingolin, Kizilsu, Aksu, Kashgar and Altay Prefectures
Some bus routes in XPCC (Aral, Beitun, Kunyu, Shihezi, Tiemenguan, Tumxuk, Wujiaqu, Xinxing, and Western Ürümqi) Hong Kong HZM Shuttle bus (use TVM), MTR railways (except Airport Express, MTR Light Rail and First Class of East Rail line)MacauAll bus routes (except HZM Shuttle bus)
External links
Available regions of China T-union cards - iPublicTransport
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