The Addis Ababa Light Railway Transit (AALRT) will soon implement an electronic ticketing system. The Transit authority has imported 100,000 electronic cards which will allow for an E ticketing scheme, Capital Ethiopia informs.
Awoke Mulu, Public Relations Head of AA-LRT, told the local media that introducing electronic tickets is one of the new strategies the Authority plans to gradually implement.
The Addis Ababa Light Railway Transit operates under the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC). “We have to try the system before we begin the electronic ticketing because the financial transactions have to be undertaken properly,” Awoke added. A releasing date for the new e-ticketing system was not yet announced.
The LRT is the first in Sub Saharan Africa began operation on September 20, 2015. There are a total of 41 trains and up to 26 provide service every day.
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