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Lanka Metro Transit (LMT)

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Also known as

LMT, Lanka Metro Transit (Pvt) Ltd

Type

Government-owned bus company under the Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, according to News 1st

Founded

Incorporated on 8 October 2025, with the Sri Lanka Transport Board holding 60% and the Treasury the rest, according to The Sunday Times

Appears on

Colombo Metro bus service, 2025 to 2026

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• Lanka Metro Transit (LMT) / Operates / Metro bus service, Colombo
  • News 1st reports that LMT, a government-owned company under the Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, announced seven Metro bus routes across the Colombo Metropolitan Region.5 Aug 2026 · News 1st · 7 New Metro Bus Routes Set to Transform Colombo Transport
  • The Sunday Times reports that LMT was incorporated on 8 October 2025, with the Sri Lanka Transport Board holding 60% and the Treasury the remainder, and that demand for the buses has risen since a trial run in April, according to the article.9 Aug 2026 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Metro bus takes route to qualitative shift in city transport
• Lanka Metro Transit (LMT) / Government-owned company operating under / Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development
  • News 1st describes LMT as a government-owned company operating under the Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development.5 Aug 2026 · News 1st · 7 New Metro Bus Routes Set to Transform Colombo Transport
• Bimal Rathnayake / Called the service a flagship project the day the company was set up, 8 October 2025 / Lanka Metro Transit (LMT)
  • The Sunday Times reports that the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, Bimal Rathnayaka, described the new urban bus service as a flagship project on the day the company was set up.9 Aug 2026 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Metro bus takes route to qualitative shift in city transport
• Lanka Metro Transit (LMT) / Said all would be deployed from September 2026 / 104 imported Metro buses
  • News 1st reports LMT’s chairman, U.P. Thilakaratne, saying all 104 newly imported Metro buses would be deployed for passenger transport from September, with four new depots for their maintenance.31 Jul 2026 · News 1st · Park Your Car, Catch the Metro | 104 New Metro Buses to Roll Out This September
  • The Daily Mirror reports that the 104 buses were imported under the 2025 Budget.4 Aug 2026 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · Metro bus service to expand to seven routes from September
• Lanka Metro Transit (LMT) / Began operating five additional routes / Metro bus launch on five more routes, 29 September 2026
  • News 1st reports that LMT began operations on five additional routes on 29 September, alongside two routes already running, and that timetables and stops are available through the LMT GO app. It lists CM02 as Athurugiriya (Millennium City) to Colombo Fort.29 Sep 2026 · News 1st · Metro Buses Now Running on More Colombo Corridors