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Comment by RjQoLCOSwiIKfpm

The physical card has a chip, which is digital.

The point is that the ticket has a unique ID which is tied to the owner.

Normal non-digital paper train tickets just indicate "someone paid this" but aren't tied to a unique personal identifier.

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