How to open a ticket agency

To start a business selling railway tickets, you must register as an individual entrepreneur or legal entity, rent or build a room, obtain a license and become an official representative of Russian Railways.

You will need

• - certificate of individual entrepreneur or legal entity;

• - business plan;

• - permission;

• - agreement with Russian Railways;

• - equipment.

Instruction manual

1

To register as an individual entrepreneur or legal entity, contact the Federal Tax Service. To conduct a small business, it is enough to have a certificate of an individual entrepreneur. If you plan to open a network of agencies or ticket offices for the sale of tickets, register your legal entity.

2

To become an official representative of Russian Railways, write a business plan. To compile it, you can contact a law firm specializing in assistance in paperwork for a business or in a regional center for supporting small and medium-sized businesses.

3

Next, apply to the district administration for permission to conduct a train ticket business. The processing time for your application will not exceed 30 days.

4

Registration of an official representative office is carried out directly in the Office of Russian Railways of your regional center. Submit an application, attach a permit issued by the administration, present a certificate of individual entrepreneur or legal entity, a business plan.

5

After reviewing your application, you will receive an official order on the rules by which you equip a point of sale for tickets. Application review periods vary from 6 to 12 months. Then you will conclude an agency agreement. You will not receive any commission for ticket sales services. The income of your agency will be only the service charge, the percentage of wrapping up for tickets will be limited by Russian Railways. You must strictly comply with all the requirements specified in the contract and regulation.

6

The premises for the opening of the agency you can rent or rent a land plot by contacting the district administration and build a small pavilion.

7

Point of sale of tickets should be equipped with a safe, bars, alarm, panic button, iron double door.

8

You must open a deposit account with a servicing bank and deposit 150-200 thousand rubles on it - this is the daily limit for ticket sales when working with two terminals. After that, it is necessary to bring in the necessary equipment, to hire personnel consisting of two cashiers, an accountant and representatives from private security.

9

Investments per agency. located on an area of ​​45 square meters. m, with the indicated number of terminals and personnel range from 800 thousand to 1 million rubles. This is provided that the premises will be rented. When building your own space, add extra costs to this figure.

10

Business will pay off not earlier than in 1-2 years.