Beijing railway stations to add security checks at ticket halls  

北京三大火车站售票厅将安检

An X-ray security machines are already situated at the entrance of the ticket hall inside Beijing West Railway Station. [Photo: Beijng Youth Daily]

(ECNS) -- Beijing is about to add security checks at ticket halls in all of its railway stations, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.

Passengers now have to put their baggage through security checks before going into the waiting hall, but no checks before going into the ticket hall.

Two X-ray security machines are already situated at the entrance of the ticket hall inside Beijing West Railway Station and two corridors leading to the checkpoint have been set up. Staffers there said the machine will be used soon after testing.

The same set-up will be at Beijing Railway Station and Beijing North Railway station. Beijing South Railway Station, the newest one, has a combined ticket hall and waiting hall.

Beijing Railway Station also said anyone who wants to go to the platform to pick someone up will be checked as well.

The reports said railway stations nationwide have tightened security checks since the deadly terrorist attack at Kunming railway station in Yunnan province on March 1.