Abstract: This paper designed the railway passenger real-name registration identity verification system for entering the station based on the face recognition technology, it resolved the problem of automatic verifying the same of passenger and identity. By face recognition technology, application cluster technology and load balancing technology, combined with the structure of the railway ticketing and reservation system, it implemented the verification of ticket, ID and person. The system was applied to many railway stations. The passenger entering records and data collecting and analysis show that the face recognition rate is 97%, the passengers can be verified in 5 second. The pass rate meets the efficiency requirements of railway passenger real-name registration identity verification business for entering the station. The results show that the technical scheme feasibility of the railway passenger real-name registration identity verification system based on face recognition technology. It provided technical support for the full implementation of the railway passenger entering the station by face recognition in the future.