Uber has begun testing a characteristic that permits UK residents to e-book rail and bus transport.
By permitting customers to e-book different transport sorts similtaneously their conventional automobile rides, Uber hopes to develop into a one-stop store for journeys.
“We’re excited to launch our new journey providing this summer season, permitting a seamless door-to-door journey expertise throughout the UK,” stated Andrew Brem, GM of Uber UK, in a press release.
For the characteristic, Uber has teamed up with Berlin-based Omio.
Omio has its personal app but in addition gives a business-to-business API that it’s been offering to a rising variety of third events, together with KAYAK and the London North Jap Railway. The service options over 1,000 transportation companions throughout 37 international locations. Prepare and bus/coach journey is Omio’s speciality, however it additionally helps air and ferry transport.
As a part of the partnership, Uber pays Omio to license its expertise and provides the corporate a share of journeys booked through Uber’s app.
The brand new characteristic brings Uber nearer to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s imaginative and prescient of constructing the corporate the “Amazon of transportation”.
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