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Nov 26, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Transport Board is planning to deploy more buses on the A-9 Colombo – Jaffna highway route for the convenience of public and to cater to their high demand, a SLTB spokesman revealed.
Following the lifting of travel restrictions via A-9 road, there is a huge demand to travel to Jaffna on the A-9 road. About 2,000 people have made requests to travel on the A-9 road, the spokesman said.
The government recently started the commuter bus service from Colombo-Jaffna to meet the growing travelling needs of the civilians.
"Travelling to Jaffna is costly without a land service. The only other alternative is air travel that costs about Rs. 22,000 per round trip. That is why the SLTB operates the bus service under the affordable fares to benefit Jaffna and Colombo bound civilians. The fare on the semi-luxury bus between Colombo and Jaffna is Rs. 550 whereas in state owned Sri Lanka Transport Board buses it is only Rs. 368 for the 11 and a half-hour journey," the SLTB spokesman pointed out.
According to him, The SLTB is expecting to launch Jaffna bound busses from other major cities in the future.
"Commuters are subjected to the personal inspection only when they get on to buses in Colombo and at the security check point in Medawachchiya," he said.
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