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  2. History of Sri Lanka Transport Board - Wikipedia

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    The history of Sri Lanka Transport Board, the state-run, primary bus operator in Sri Lanka, goes back to 1 January 1958. The state-owned enterprise was at the time known as the Ceylon Transport Board. At its peak, it was the largest omnibus company in the world - with about 7,000 buses and over 50,000 employees. With privatization in 1979, it ...

  3. Sri Lanka Transport Board - Wikipedia

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    The Ratnam Survey in 1948, the Sansoni Survey in 1954 and the Jayaratna Perera Survey in 1956 studied the bus services in Sri Lanka and all recommended that the companies should be nationalised. The history of Sri Lanka Transport Board goes back to 1 January 1958; at the time known as the Ceylon Transport Board (CTB).

  4. Double-decker bus - Wikipedia

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    AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka. In the 1950s, double-decker buses of the South Western Bus Company plied on the Galle Road in Colombo, Sri Lanka. These were taken over by the Ceylon Transport Board (CTB) when all bus services were nationalised in 1958. Beginning around 1959, large numbers of second-hand double-decker buses of the RT, RTL and RTW ...

  5. Category:Bus transport in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 23 January 2017, at 06:12 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. All Ceylon United Motor Workers' Union - Wikipedia

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    However, the strike was a success, and the bus owners, who were the most stubbornly anti-union section of the capitalists in Sri Lanka had made important concessions. In the Jaffna peninsula, the organisations of the bus workers came over to the Motor Workers Union.

  7. Category:Historic sites in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Category: Historic sites in Sri Lanka. ... Archaeological sites in Sri Lanka (27 C, 23 P) F. Forts in Sri Lanka (2 C, 4 P) W. World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka (2 C ...

  8. Transport in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Roads account for about 93 percent of Sri Lanka's land transport. In 2022, there were 12,255.401 kilometres (7,615.153 mi) of A- and B-class roads and 312.586 kilometres (194.232 mi) of expressways. The main modes of transportation in Sri Lanka are bus, motorcycles and passenger cars (including taxi service).

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites, the other six are cultural. In addition, Sri Lanka has four sites on its tentative list. The country served as a member of the World Heritage Committee in the years 1983–1989. [3]