80 trains to be added by year end

By the end of 2013 this option will be available on another 80 domestic trains, Deputy Director General of Ukrzaliznytsia Pavlo Chekalov announced during a press conference on November 18, the UZ press service informs.

«I am convinced that through electronic ticketing we are creating comfortable conditions for passengers to travel, and reduce pressure on workers at stations. Passengers with electronic tickets will not need to go to the cash desk, instead with a printout of a special code go directly to the carriage and board. In November, we plan to extend the service for another 15 trains of internal connection», Pavlo Chekalov said.

In particular, according to the Deputy Director General of UZ, in November e-tickets will be available in the following trains:

№ 20/19 Luhansk - Kyiv;

№ 83/84 Mariupol - Kyiv;

№ 99/100 Uzhgorod - Kyiv;

№ 97/98 Kovel - Kyiv;

№ 111/112 Kharkiv - Lviv;

№ 81/82 Kharkiv - Simferopol;

№ 28/27 Kyiv - Sevastopol;

№ 102/101 Kyiv - Kherson;

№ 81/82 Kyiv - Uzhgorod;

№ 49/50 Kyiv - Truskavets;

№ 40/39 Sevastopol - Kyiv;

№ 146/145 Simferopol - Kyiv;

№ 71/72 Zaporizhzhia - Kyiv;

№ 120/119 Zaporizhzhia - Lviv.

Another train, which is going to introduce e-tickets in November, will be determined soon.

Currently, electronic tickets act in rapid electric trains Intercity+ running from Kyiv to Lviv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and back, as well as from Donetsk and Kharkiv to Simferopol and back.

In addition to Intercity+, e-tickets have been introduced for some night trains:

№ 37/38 Donetsk-Kyiv-Donetsk (since 18 May 2013);

№ 11/12 Simferopol Kyiv-Simferopol (since 1 October 2013);

№ 63/64 Kharkiv-Kyiv-Kharkiv (since 18 October 2013);

№ 91/92 Kyiv-Lviv-Kyiv (since 29 October 2013);

№ 106/105 Odesa-Kyiv-Odesa (since 30 October 2013);

№ 79/80 Kyiv-Dnipropetrovsk- Kyiv (since 31 October 2013).

Since implementation of this service (5 February 2013), over 200 thousand electronic tickets have been sold. Passengers can buy electronic tickets solely through the official website of UZ (booking.uz.gov.ua).

The service of purchasing tickets via the Internet is becoming increasingly popular. Today about 8% of the total ticket sales are made through the web.

«While in the whole 2012 passengers bought online more than 2 million tickets from the total sales, over 10 months in 2013 this number is 3.9 million tickets», Deputy Director General of UZ said.