Sri Lanka Transport Board

Sri Lanka Transport Board (S.L.T.B.)
Founded1 January 1958; 66 years ago (1958-01-01), as Ceylon Transport Board
HeadquartersNarahenpita, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Service areaSri Lanka
Service typePublic transport
HubsCentral Bus Station (CBS), Pettah, Colombo
Fleet6,178 (2016)[1]

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (Tamil: இலங்கை போக்குவரத்து சபை "Ilaṅkai pōkkuvarattu capai")(Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගමනාගමන මණ්ඩලය Shri Lanka Gamanāgamana Mandalaya)(formerly: Ceylon Transport Board, CTB) is a bus service provider in Sri Lanka.

Between 1958 and 1978, the Ceylon Transport Board (CTB) was the nationalised enterprise which handled all public bus transport in Sri Lanka. At its peak, it was the largest omnibus company in the world — with about 7,000 buses and over 50,000 employees. With privatization in 1979, it underwent a period of decline.

First broken up into several regional boards, then into several companies, it was finally reconstituted as the Sri Lanka Transport Board in 2005.

In 2016, the number of buses in the fleet was 7769, of which 6178 were in operation. In the same year, SLTB had a total of 32,640 employees.

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka Transport Board - Basic Information". Sri Lanka Transport Board. Retrieved 6 November 2017.