‘Touch’ Travel Pass extended to North Central Province

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The North Central Province Road Transport Service Authority announced the extension of the Touch Travel Pass to private buses operating from Anuradhapura.

The solution provides private bus commuters in the area the convenience of cashless ticketing, which was developed and implemented under the supervision of the Ministry of Transport in the North Central Province. The service was inaugurated this morning on a private bus plying from Anuradhapura to Kawarakkulama in the presence of Minister of Transport for the North Central Province H.B. Semasinghe. The Touch Travel Pass is an electronic pre-paid travel card that allows passengers to make payments for bus tickets without the hassle of carrying cash. Bus conductors presented with the Touch travel Pass would tap the card on a ticketing machine, which in turn would debit the ticket fee from the available credit on the Touch Travel Pass. Passengers can purchase reloadable cards and top up at the Dialog Arcade and selected retailer outlets in the area. In addition, the Touch Travel Pass system also allows private bus operators to receive daily updates on transactions via SMS. Also present at the event were North Central Province Road Transport Service Authority Chairman W.M.P. B. Wijesuriya and General Manager – North Central Province Road Transport Service Authority I.B.A. Karunabandara.