oleh admin | Sep 15, 2025 | buses, business, local news, public transportation, transportation
Sri Lanka, August 27 – The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) along with local bus companies have started implementing a unified schedule for intercity travel.
The National Transport Commission (NTC) introduced this integrated system starting at the Bastian Mawatha Private Bus Stand in Colombo to enhance service efficiency, minimize passenger wait times, and prevent overlapping routes.
The updated timetable will run along major routes such as Colombo to Chilaw, Puttalam, Anuradhapura, and Jaffna. At first, buses will follow a shared schedule between Jaffna and Colombo, Mannar and Colombo, and Talaimannar and Colombo using the Puttalam route, which serves as a primary link into Colombo.
Buses will begin operating at a particular hour and arrive at their destinations as scheduled, stated Transport and Highways Deputy Minister Dr. Prasanna Gunasena.
The Assistant Minister stated that every SLTB and private bus traveling via the Puttalam route will be tracked with GPS systems, as officials will be stationed to oversee when these vehicles are expected to arrive at particular destinations.
He mentioned that most public transportation buses across the nation are anticipated to follow a single schedule by December 31, 2026, with adjustments planned for the shared schedule based on passenger needs moving forward. Deputy Minister Dr. Prasanna Gunasena added that during this stage, surveillance and information gathering will occur at locations including Katunayake, Thoppuwa, Madampe, Palaviya, Puttalam, Saliyawewa, Anuradhapura New Bus Station, Medawachchiya, and Vavuniya. Measures have been implemented to equip all privately operated buses traveling on the Puttalam route with GPS systems. This move follows repeated reports of bus incidents along the same path.
oleh admin | Mar 24, 2025 | buses, business, infrastructure, public transportation, transportation
The Transportation Department of Ho Chi Minh City has suggested setting up bus stops within the new domestic terminal T3 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport and plans to create 20 bus routes for passenger convenience.
In a recent submission to the Ministry of Construction, ACV, and Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the department stated that with the introduction of Terminal T3 in May, which will become functional then, the overall passenger capacity at the airport is set to increase to 50 million annually.
The department has suggested that the airport allocate particular areas in front of the new terminal for buses picking up and dropping off passengers. Additionally, they have sought authorization from the Ministry of Construction to run approximately 20 bus routes that will transport passengers directly to Terminal T3.
Based on the present timetable, Terminal T3 will handle domestic flights for Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air. Meanwhile, other domestic airlines such as Vasco, Bamboo Airways, Vietravel Airlines, and Pacific Airlines will keep using Terminal T1.
In conjunction with the urban bus network expansion, Tan Son Nhat Airport is introducing a shuttle service designed to move travelers between the current terminals and the recently finished T3 facility.
Terminal T3 will be capable of handling up to 20 million passengers each year, which would make it the biggest domestic terminal in Vietnam. Financed by ACV, this approximately VND11 trillion (USD$445 million) initiative commenced construction towards the end of 2022, with significant work on the main passenger area beginning in August 2023.
The terminal will be opened two months earlier than originally planned.
To enhance accessibility to Terminal T3, a 4-kilometer-long Tran Quoc Hoan–Cong Hoa link road will be opened as well. The purpose of this new route is to strengthen connections among vital urban infrastructures and alleviate traffic jams in the densely populated Tan Son Nhat region—one of HCMC’s most intricate traffic bottlenecks.
