Anyone who has a telephone or computer with internet facilities can now use the SLTB Express app from home to buy a ticket for a long-distance bus starting from the Pettah Central Bus Stand. Commuters can also use this facility to reserve a seat of their choice, Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said.
The Minister said this at a ceremony at the Pettah Central Bus Station to introduce the SLTB Express app yesterday. He also said that this new app would streamline the booking process in SLTB long-distance buses without any hassle to the commuters.
The Minister said the SLTB had decided to introduce this technology to help commuters to save their time. This system would also help the SLTB to minimise administrative expenses involved in maintaining ticket counters. He said the SLTB had prepared this data network in collaboration with Express 418, a private company.
A commuter who has made the booking could obtain his or her seat by showing the reservation on the mobile phone to the conductor. The commuter would also be issued an e-ticket.
Under the second stage of this programme, the e-ticketing facility would be available for long-distance buses operating between main outstation towns too. A commuter using this facility would be required to pay an additional sum of LKR 80 apart from the usual fare.
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