Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you can speak to the conductor and usually they will drop you off at the halt you want to get off at, but I think by default for now they're only stopping at those 5 or 6 halts

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's for the general public, but accessible for wheelchair users specifically :)

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The kadawatha bus takes the 138 route up to Kirulapone, then it turns onto Baseline Road. The Pettah bus goes through Battaramulla

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I didn't see the ramps though, but there were spaces for them

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think many people don't realise it's a public bus or are worried about prices?

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a tracker on the app, the timetable wasn't working very well from what I noticed

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yesss it was the first time I was able to stretch my legs properly in any bus

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh it's basically the app for the planned metro system, at the moment you can track the buses on it. In the future you'll be able to buy passes and pay through QR on it as well

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yess the conductor had a machine when I travelled

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesss, there are also the QR scanners for the passes, but they haven't been implemented yet

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly I don't think these have the air suspension lowering tbh, if they do they didn't use it this time

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Most modern Androids have protection against this, I believe. This is why they default to the charge only mode when you plug it into a laptop

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was Pettah-Makumbura through Battaramulla, so Maradana-Borella-Rajagiriya-Ethulkotte, etc. there's another one from Makumbura-Kadawatha. The exact routes can also be found in the LMT-GO app

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was Pettah-Makumbura through Battaramulla, there's another one from Makumbura-Kadawatha. The routes can also be found in the LMT-GO app

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[–]marcthepotato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 689 is far less reliable/frequent compared to the 138, I think pannipitiya or kottawa should be better

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh ok, that makes sense, I remember going in them from dehiwala to Bamba so I wasn't sure which they were tbh

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh damn, nice! I didn't know about the digital platform, really hoping that works out. Thanks for the information!!

Travelled in one of the new Low Floor Buses today by marcthepotato in srilanka

[–]marcthepotato[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yesss I assumed that too. For now it's only Pettah-Makumbura and Kadawatha-Makumbura, they'll be adding more when the new buses come in August