Jaffna-Colombo bus service via A-9 in operation

Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has commenced a limited bus service between Jaffna and Colombo via the A-9, Jaffna-Kandy main highway, the Governor of the Northern Province, Major General G.A. Chandrasiri announced.

Commencing the service, four buses, carrying 175 passengers to Medawachchiya, left Jaffna yesterday (01.08.09). The SLTB has provided additional transportation to the passengers from Medawachchiya to Colombo. Another group of 200 passengers is to arrive in Colombo today. Read more ...

Colombo-Jaffna bus service soon

Jaffna luxury bus service will be launched along the A9 road soon, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma told parliament yesterday that .

The Minister made this point in response to a statement made by UNP MP Edward Gunasekera that 200 buses were to be leased by the Sri Lanka Central Transport Board to operate in Jaffna. Minister Alhaperuma said the decision to lease buses was taken in a bid to reduce the burden on the Treasury.

The Minister also said it would take at least one year for the Yaldevi train to resume normal operations.

He also told the House that the Central Bus stand in Jaffna would be developed as a model bus stand.

He said the Jaffna Bus stand was adjudged the third best Bus stand in the country at a competition conducted by the SLCTB recently. Read more ...