Uber has partnered with transit agencies in various cities all over the world to bring users options to buy train tickets on their app as well. This article gives us the run-down on the newly launched program and how its working.

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Uber has "teamed up with cities and transit agencies in the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia to provide tickets, to transport people with disabilities or sometimes to substitute for a town’s public transportation system entirely."

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Uber aims to be a go-to transit app.

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"R.T.D. has sold more than 3,500 train and bus tickets through Uber, a tiny fraction of the agency’s 322,000 daily rides."

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