CNI News
23 March 2024
When buying highway bus tickets, not only national registration cards, recommendation letters are also required, according some highway bus lines.
Although NRCs only were required when buying highway bus tickets in the past, recommendation letters from ward administrators and police stations are required now, an official from a highway bus line, told CNI News.
"If the passenger is from Mandalay, he'll need his NRC only. If he's not from Mandalay, he'll go on business, he'll need letter relating to the job, recommendation letters from the police station and ward administrator. If he's not related to business, he'll need recommendation letter and his NRC." he said.
Some bus lines need NRCs and recommendation letter from the ward administration or the police station and others, letters from both the ward administrator and the police station. Moreover, some bus lines ask the addresses where passengers will stay, according to some highway bus lines.
While seeing highway bus ticket sales departments and passengers
NRCs and recommendation letters are needed by the passengers because the checkpoints on the way have released and the bus tickets cannot be sold reportedly.
Although some bus lines sell the tickets to the NRC 11/ (Rakhine) holders if they have all requirements, other bus lines have been ordered not to sell the tickets to the Rakhine NRC holders, a bus line from the Aung Mingalar Highway Bus Terminal, told CNI News.
" Our bus line asks recommendation letters from the ward administrator and the police station, and the address where they will stay. We don't know what other bus lines ask. We have been ordered not to sell the tickets to the Rakhine NRC holders as an oral order." he said.
When the Rakhine NRC holders inquire about buying the ticket, they are asked the reasons why they will go there reportedly.
While seeing highway bus ticket sales departments and passengers
If a problem emerged after selling tickets to Rakhine NRC holders, the bus line concerned would be taken action against, an official from a highway bus line, told CNI News.
" We have to sell the tickets only if the passengers have recommendation letters. That is right. If a problem emerged after a bus line sold tickets to the Rakhine NRC holders, the bus line will be closed that we have heard. But we have not officially directed." he said.
According to the 2022 list, there are 115 Yangon-based bus lines and 314 buses at the Aung Mingalar Highway Bus Terminal, and there are 66 Yangon-based bus lines and 157 buses at the Dagon Ayer Highway Bus Terminal.
