CARD TICKET SYSTEM FOR BUSES

Balances cannot be refused or confiscated
No more arguments with bus conductors
Pre paid card system, to be introduced for private bus fares

For the convenience of private bus travellers, it was revealed at a Media conference by Gemunu Wijeratne, Chairman of Private Bus Owners Association that a pre paid card system is to introduced very shortly.
Accordingly the bus commuters will have to purchase a pre paid ticket card similar to a credit card. The conductor will only have to issue the related ticket by inserting the card into a machine similar to a Merchant’s machine at super markets etc., which automatically issues a ticket. Simultaneously the bus owner’s account is credited.
What the commuter has to do is from time to time to get his card reloaded to accumulate a balance. In this case the balance to be paid does not arise, and the conductor does not receive money.
However those who do not possess a pre paid card could purchase a ticket in the usual way. Gemunu Wijeratne has already discussed this matter with cell phone re loading companies in regard to this new proposed system.