Sri Lanka, Jan. 26 -- Recent arrests and police investigations into the railway online ticket racket seem to have improved public access to tickets for the popular Colombo-Badulla train route. According to members of the RDMNS Railway Network, a social platform for passengers, tickets were still available for public purchase over 30 minutes after the online reservation system opened at 10.00 am on Friday, a significant improvement compared to previous instances when tickets sold out within seconds.

Network members praised this change and added that it was a step forward in addressing the issue. An investigation was launched after numerous complaints, particularly from the RDMNS group, about the tickets being quickly snatched up by scalpe...