Jan 25 , 2025
Ethio Djibouti Railway (EDR) SC announced the online booking platform starting in February for public passenger transport services. The EDR also announced that all travel bookings are mandated to provide Fayda, the national ID for booking and traveling. Takele Uma, CEO of EDR, stated that the company has diversified its business model due to the high demand for national cargo shipment and logistics service. EDR launched a three-year strategic plan last week aiming to introduce new capabilities, including a freight forwarding operation and a multimodal operation to improve railway efficiency, according to Takele. Established in April 2017, following a bilateral agreement between Ethiopia and Djibouti, the company commenced passenger and freight transport services in January 2018, with an initial investment of 500 million dollars.