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Rail passengers can now use multilingual chat bots in Viber and Telegram to buy tickets and meals on the high speed Intercity+ trains.

Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Rail passengers can now use multilingual chat bots in Viber and Telegram to buy tickets and meals on the high speed Intercity+ trains.

Rail passengers can now use multilingual chat bots in Viber and Telegram to buy tickets and meals on the high speed Intercity+ trains. The bots, which speak English, Ukrainian and Russian, also allow passenger to check timetables, fare, availability, and, in the case of Kyiv, platform number. The system was announced yesterday by Ukrzaliznytsia in partnership with Visa payment system and Middleware Inc, an American IT company. In 2019, Ukrainians bought 57% of their rail tickets – 30 million – online.

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