Sri Lanka private sector ready to run buses on expressway at competitive fare

[Pak Bahasa]

Tue, Jan 10, 2012, 08:44 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Jan 10, Colombo:

Sri Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association has made a request to the government to let them run buses on the Southern Expressway at a bus fare Rs. 100 lower than the state owned Sri Lanka Transport Board luxury buses, says the Chairman of the Association Gemunu Wijerathna.

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[Pak Bahasa]

Private buses get permission to ply on Sri Lanka's Southern Expressway
Wed, Jan 25, 2012, 08:47 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Jan 25, Colombo:

After a delay of few weeks, the National Transport Commission has given permission for private buses to operate on Sri Lanka's first ever highway, the Southern Expressway.
Accordingly, two luxury buses belonged to two companies will start operations from January 27 on the 95-kilometer expressway that runs from Kottawa in Colombo to Pinnaduwa in Galle.

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[Claudia]

Es amüsiert mich ein wenig, dass die Behörden die Geschwindigkeit der Busse durch das eingebaute GPS überwachen wollen.

 

[Hänschen]

Cancel semi-luxury bus service

The Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) insisted the semi luxury bus service should be cancelled.


Addressing the media yesterday, LPBOA President Gamunu Wijeratne said the National Transport Commission (NTC) needs to take steps to cancel the semi-luxury bus services, as it is an ineffective service.


“Even though the semi luxury buses charge 150% more than the normal bus fare, many passengers are standing in those buses. According to the rules and the regulations, semi luxury buses cannot take more passengers than the seat limit and those buses are not allowed to take short distance passengers. Most semi-luxury bus operators violate these rules and regulations,” he pointed out.


He accused the NTC of not taking actions against those bus operators and charged the NTC Chairman should be responsible for the deteriorating conditions in the service. He alleged, if the NTC does not cancel the semi-luxury bus services, the LPBOA will take legal action against them.


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Schade, denn war es doch zumindest ein wenig komfortabler zu Reisen mit diesen Fahrzeugen. Nachvollziehbar sicher auf den Routen, die weniger durch Touristen genutzt werden, denn der Local nutzt oftmals den Local Bus Service, der ca. 50 % billiger ist.

In Jaffna z.B. gibt es in der Hospital Road neben dem "Rolex " einige lokale Anbieter für die Luxus Busse 1. und 2. Klasse. Ich hoffe, zumindest einige Unternehmen bleiben erhalten und im Besonderen sollten die Routen gen Norden und ab dem Norden erhalten und gefördert werden. Leider ist die Reise mit dem Zug auf die Halbinsel Jaffna immer noch nicht möglich.