About NTC
History of the Public Transport
- 1907-Introduce of first Public Transport Service from Colombo to Chillaw
- 1940-Commissioner of Motor Traffic decided to minimum fares for every routes
- 1958- Established Central Transport Board. 2500 company buses operated under CTB
- 1968- Route expanded. Improved productivity. New fleet introduced.
- 1978- Established nine regional boards. Introduced less fares. Poor management. Heavy loss and political influences.
- 1979- Invited to private sector to invest in transport sector due failure of regional Companies.
- 1980- 5000 private buses fly on the routes which selected as operators wish. This harmfully effected to regional buses.
- 1990-Established Peoplized Bus companies by aiming reduce burn on Treasury
- 1998- Due to poor management at Depot level, peoplized Companies gathered under Regional transport Companies.
- 1991-NTC Introduced to regulate inter Provincial bus services and established regional transport authorities to regulate intra bus services under 13 constitution.
- National Transport Commission Established for advice the Government on the national policy relating to passenger transportation by omnibus and implementation of such policy; to provide for financial support for the certain passenger transport services.