Unfair Bus Fare

LKuser

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    Unfair Bus Fare in Colombo

    Our travel life in Sri Lanka (especially in Colombo) is much connected with public transport services. It could be government or private. You may experience bad experience. Therefore, I would like to start a thread about unfair bus services.

    The country has taken a good step. So, we could be part of it and reveal the unfairness.

    Case #1 - Bus Registration no. NA-8124

    This is 107 route bus. It got in the bus at Pettah. My ticket was Pettah to Kalpotta. Ticket cost is Rs. 14.00. I gave 20/-, and conductor as me 5/- and he would have return 10/- (exactly 11/-). But, he said “wait, I have no change and I will give”. There was crowd when I got down and conductor was in middle of crowd. I tried to get the balance, but bus moved.

    Issues:

    • Private buses never /rarely give ticket
    • Hard to get exact balance
    • Scolding people if we ask balance in middle
    • Scolding people if we ask at the destination stop
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    Friends, report your issues here!
     
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    wasantha99

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    Okka ahanna deyak na hamadama wenawa hama bus 1a. Katada welawak thiyenne oaka passe duwa duwa inna. Munawa hadannath ba bn
     

    SLK_sri

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    hadanna be ban, bus karaya government eka ekka set sela janathawata arinne, ekai kadichcha ganan danne ithuru dena eka skip karanna,

    harinam bus fair eka 10 , 15 , 20 wage karoth hari, nethuwa 9 , 14 .18 wage unahama kohomath case.

    anika okata maraganna giyahama dura yana kattiayata train eka miss wenawa nethnam next bus eka miss wenaw.

    ude pandara owata mara gaaththahama dawasama high pressure eke inna wenne job ekata gihilla.

    anthima apita thamai paduwa.
     
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    nevermindNevergiveup

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    මැදමහනුවර
    උඔ මාර කුනෙක්නෙ බං. ඒක අමතක වෙන්නැති ඌට. උඔ ඉල්ලගන්න දැනගන්න එපැයි. උන් තට්ටු ගෙවල් ගහන්නෑබං සිල්ලර වලට පොලු තියලා.
     

    SLK_sri

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    උඔ මාර කුනෙක්නෙ බං. ඒක අමතක වෙන්නැති ඌට. උඔ ඉල්ලගන්න දැනගන්න එපැයි. උන් තට්ටු ගෙවල් ගහන්නෑබං සිල්ලර වලට පොලු තියලා.



    eka trip ekakin up and down Rs.2 gane minissu 100k gaththoth Rs. 200
    trip 5k kiyamuko dawasata ethakota Rs.1000

    dawas 30ta Rs. 30000

    ithuru ganan hadala balapanko,

    bus eke yana ekekge samanya salary eka balapan,

    aru nikan idala R.2 gane hoayala 30k witharak newei , uta wenama salary ekak labenawa,

    anika hema bus ekakama anthima trip eke salli owner ta denne ne eka driver helper share karagannawa.

    ita passe ara repair me repair kiyala wenama kapanawa.

    kohomath end of the month kondosthara 70k withara hoyala

    bus eke yana eka 45k witharai , smaharu itath aduwen
     

    CustomerSupport

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    1. Lankawe bus fares 5 multiples karanna one. 10, 15, 20, etc. Prices wadi wenakota RS 2-3 wadi karama thamai change denna amaru.

    2. Contactless card payments thibunanam Hari. Okata bus conductors la kamathi wenne na cash wage matoya Gahanna bari nisa.