Sri Lankan Railways to implement an electronic ticketing system

Sri Lankan Railways will soon implement an electronic ticketing system called “Smart Ticketing and Seat Reservation” to provide train commuters an easy and fast way of booking rail tickets by automating the journey planning and purchase of tickets.

Sri Lanka Railways General Manager Dilantha Fernando said that introducing electronic tickets is one of the new strategies the Department plans to gradually implement.

According to him, following the implementation of the automated train ticketing system, commuters will be able to do away with long queues as tickets can be bought in four different ways.