SLTB to introduce cashless tickets this year
Posted on April 10th, 2023
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
A card system will be introduced this year to enable passengers to obtain tickets for Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses instead of using money, Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardena said.
Accordingly, a new technical solution will be introduced for passengers to obtain bus tickets using a QR code.
Minister Gunawardena said this while participating in the distribution of new buses to SLTB depots in the districts of Nuwara Eliya and Kandy through the loan assistance scheme of the Indian Government.
The ceremony was held at the grounds near the Gregory’s Lake in Nuwara Eliya yesterday (9).
26 new buses were distributed to seven SLTB depots in Nuwara Eliya yesterday.
“The aim is to use the new buses to run on the plantation and rural roads, thereby strengthening the public transport service on the internal roads of the rural and plantation areas, thus providing regular transport facilities to the people,” the Minister said. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)