The Addis Ababa City Administration Transport Bureau is to introduce electronic ticketing (e-ticketing) for the Anbessa City Buses. The new system is in response to problems related to ticket issuance.

The new electronic ticketing system will replace the existing paper tickets that need to be purchased for each fare and each bus used. The e-ticketing system will allow commuters to use one pass ticket for multiple travelers.

Many passengers complain  that ticketing of the Anbessa buses is backward and uncomfortable as people are required to queue in a long line whether on a hot sunny or rainy day along the bus to buy the trip’s ticket through a  window.

The City government has recently increased the number of its Anbessa City Buses.  The enterprise has purchased about 500 Bishoftu Buses from Ethiopia's Metal and Engineering Corporation in 2011.

Source: Capital