Sri Lanka Transport Board

Basic Information

Distribution of Island-wide SLTB Regional Offices

Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy, Ruhuna, Nuwara Eliya, Eastern, Sabaragamuwa, Uwa, North, Rajarata, Wayamba, Central Bus Stand (CBS)

Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Bus Fleet – No. of buses in operation	5191	5081	5,222	6,268	6178
Bus Fleet – No. of buses not in operation	2554	2522	1,781	1,511	1591
No. of Depots	112	112	116	107 with CBS	107
No.of Sub Deports					9
No.of Driving Training Schools					8
No. of Workshops	12	13	14	12	14
No. of Kms. operated daily	1059423	1127128	1,017,086	1206847.02	1,234,382
Average No. of buses supplied in a day	4692	4719	4,946	6,073	6,078
No. of buses operated in a day	4310	4372	4,596	5,284	5,342
Timetable requirement	7165	7174	7,226	7,249	7,257
No. of passenger Kms.(annual)	11,909,164,527	12,201,484,395	12,717,358,060	15,210,316,140	16,143,572,468

No. of Passengers Transported
Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Passengers travelled on Tickets (annual)	638,669,214	651,815,020	681,592,104	771,357,173	784,503,299
Passengers travelled on Season Tickets (annual)	226,298,380	198,807,500	201,870,850	203,703,650	216,395,750
Passengers travelled on Passes(annual)	49,684,368	44,651,910	40,743,700	43,626,990	54,498,864

Number of buses operated on Highways per day (Year 2016) - 91

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 04:11

SLTB Bus fleet

Summary of current bus fleet as at 31/12/2016

New Buses added into the fleet
Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Ordinary buses purchased from the funds provided by the General Treasury	120	281	20	80	-
Ordinary buses purchased on lease basis	146	16	1339	878	-
Luxury buses purchased from the funds provided by the General Treasury	-	-	12	-	-
Luxury buses purchased on lease basis	12	24	68	-	-
Total	278	321	1439	958	-

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 04:18

In addition Services

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 04:25

staff

Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Executive	1,236	1,151	1,154	1,197	934
Office Employees	6,873	6,535	6,631	5,631	4,270
Drivers	9,267	9,028	10,023	10,563	10,149
Conductors	9,287	9,253	10,272	10,532	10,092
Mechanics	5,588	5,158	5,089	5,001	4,867
Labourers/Minor Staff/ Sanitary Labourers	1,555	1,505	1,594	2,933	2,276
Other					52
Total	33,806	32,630	34,763	35,857	32,640

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 04:33

Financial

2016 Year - Annual Expenditure (Rs.Million)	Purchase of New Buses (2200)	4341.32
	Bus Rehabilitation	1084.49
	Administrative & Maintenance	19318.67
	Other	20707.14

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 04:36

Ministry of Transport