More people buy train tickets via internet

Train ticket sales on websites and mobile applications increased to 7.7 percent in 2017 from 5.4 percent in 2016. The sales also increased in stationary ticket vending machines (from 6.0 percent to 7.0 percent) and mobile ticket machines (from 0.4 percent to 1percent), the Railway Transport Office (UTK) said in a statement. The number of tickets purchased at the still dominant ticket offices declined from 56.0 percent to 50.9 percent. Tickets sold by conductor teams were down at 14.5 percent (from 16.1 percent).