Over 8,000 passengers obtain e-tickets on Abuja-Kaduna train route

The Minister of Transportation has stated that in less than a week of the commencement of e-ticketing on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line, over 8,000 passengers have accessed the portal.

The federal government had on January 13, 2021, revealed the start of the test run of e-ticketing on the route and pledged to officially begin the initiative.

A statement signed by Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, Media Assistant to the Minister noted that “on the first day of the test booking, 1,174 passengers used the platform to purchase train tickets, Thursday, 3,479 passengers accessed the platform while on Friday, 15 Jan. 3,398 passengers accessed the platform."

Amaechi added that the government would fully inaugurate the service this week.

The train service was launched for commercial operations in 2016 had faced the challenge of racketeering which had led to extortion of passengers.

Amaechi started the e-ticketing platform as a way forward in solving the challenges and hoping that the e-ticketing service would eradicate touts at the train stations and make train transportation enjoyable to passengers as it is across the world.

The official launching of the e-ticketing is slated for Wednesday, January 20.