Long-distance buses to operate under joint timetable from midnight

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Colombo, August 25 (Daily Mirror) - The National Transport Commission (NTC) announced that long-distance bus services operated by the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) and the private sector will run under a joint timetable starting from midnight today.

According to the NTC, the new schedule will be introduced on several major routes including Colombo-Chilaw, Colombo - Puttalam, Colombo - Anamaduwa, Colombo - Eluwankulam, and Colombo - Kalpitiya. It will also apply to services on the Negombo - Kalpitiya, Colombo - Mannar, Colombo - Thalaimannar, Colombo-Kuliyapitiya, Colombo - Nikaweratiya, Colombo - Anuradhapura, Colombo - Vavuniya, Colombo - Kilinochchi, Colombo - Jaffna, Colombo - Kankesanthurai, Colombo - Karainagar, and Colombo - Thunnukkai routes.

All buses will begin their journeys from the private bus yard on Bastion Road in Colombo at midnight. Drivers will be given a designated rest stop after four and a half hours of travel.

The NTC further said that inspections will be carried out to ensure passengers are provided with hygienic food facilities at approved restaurants along the way.

Comments - 6

Chellappa Monday, 25 August 2025 11:07 AM

It's a good move by the government. At present, food, washroom and toilet facilities are not at all good. I personally noticed that many tourists travelling in local bus services feeling uneasy when buses stopped for refreshments. The authorities should regularly inspect these facilities and ensure that good standard is maintained.

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Ravi K Monday, 25 August 2025 11:12 AM

This is a step in the right direction to reduce unnecessary accidents. There should also be stringent regulations and penalties on the speed limits and overtaking one another on competition

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Rajkumar Monday, 25 August 2025 12:30 PM

Effective implementation and continuation of the process is needed. high quality restaurants, healthy and fresh food clean toilets is a basic requirement. 24/7 bus services, comfortable journey, safety, speed limits, respecting passengers should be upheld. We need more quality train services to all destinations throughout day and nights and this could reduce road accidents drastically from a n average 7 a day to 1 or 2 if not none.

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SLEx Monday, 25 August 2025 01:16 PM

Joint timetable? Nice! No more adhoc races in between destinations. Now they both can start from the same Start line and race till the "end".

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Joseph Karunaratne Monday, 25 August 2025 03:49 PM

Please operate again Wattala-Bambalapitiya (104) and Wattala - Moratuwa ( 101) bus services because passengers are undergoing immense hardships.

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Realistica Adams Monday, 25 August 2025 03:53 PM

These are good developments which must be appreciated. Well done to transport authorities who have been given a free hand to deal with issues that affect customer experiences. Let’s see how this goes, let us know in three months time.

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