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A Lanka Ashok Leyland bus in Sri Lanka in 2013. Lanka Ashok Leyland (LAL) in Sri Lanka was formed in 1982 and started its operations in 1983 as a joint venture between Lanka Leyland Ltd (a wholly owned company of the Government of Sri Lanka) and Ashok Leyland Ltd India. LAL imports commercial vehicles in both knock down kits and fully built ...
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 Kelani Valley line in Colombo. [18] Services where railbuses are used are not indicated on the Sri Lankan ...
Pages in category "Bus companies of Sri Lanka" ... History of Sri Lanka Transport Board This page was last edited on 25 October 2018, at 16:30 (UTC). ...
Bus companies of Sri Lanka (2 P) I. Bus incidents in Sri Lanka (1 C, 2 P) This page was last edited on 23 January 2017, at 06:12 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Immediately after the nationalisation of the bus companies in 1958, the Motor Workers’ Union successfully concluded negotiations with the Ceylon Transport Board on many demands, amongst which was the payment of Government rates of cost of living allowances to the employees.
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).
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).
Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited; The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd; B.C.C. Lanka Ltd; B.O.C. Bank; CTB BUS; Lynx BUS; Building Materials Corporation Ltd