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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).
Transport in Sri Lanka is based on its road network, which is centred on the country's commercial capital Colombo. A rail network handles a portion of Sri Lanka 's transport needs. There are navigable waterways, harbours and three international airports: in Katunayake , 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Colombo, in Hambantota, and in Jaffna.
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R.W. Faulks, 'Sri Lanka transport history involved frequent change', BUSES INTERNATIONAL, August 2001. Special Correspondent, 'Paving the way for resurrection of CTB', Sunday Observer, 3 April 2005. 'Sri Lanka Transport Board to raise the bus fleet', Colombo Page, 4 July 2007. 'Battling iron-eating rats in the CTB', The Island, 4 September 2008.
Railbuses entered service in Sri Lanka in 1995, using Tata Dimo buses, and later Lanka Ashok Leyland buses. The buses, originally built for road use, were modified to be used on rails and connected back-to-back like a DMU. Railbuses are used in various areas with little passenger demand, including from Kandy to the suburb of Peradeniya and the ...
When the railways first opened in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1864, trains terminated at Colombo Terminus Station, a now-retired station near Maradana. The earliest station to be called Fort was a small station, built in 1877 when the Coast Line was built. This original station sat on the site of present-day Secretariat Halt just west of today's Fort ...
Sri Ariyavilasa Road, Horana 0.50 B405 Sri Somananda Mawatha, Horana 0.85 B406 Stony Cliff - Kotagala 6.31 B407 St. Joseph's Street, Negombo 2.82 B408 Talduwa - Meewitigammana 18.90 B409 Talgodapitiya - Yatawatte - Dombawala 29.36 B410 Tangalle - Weeraketiya 14.48 B411 Tawalama - Neluwa - Batuwangala 9.65 B412 Tawalantenne - Talawakela 33.36