General Manager of the Railway has proposed a threefold hike in the travel fare if the loss making Sri Lankan Railway is to be salvaged. The Railway incurs a loss of 42 cents for every passenger per kilometer. The Railway charges 48 cents from a passenger per kilometer. However, the General Manager of the Railway [...]
The government’s failure to improve the Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) is likely to cripple the almost limping service, claims SLR employees. Secretary, All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union, Sumathipala Manawadu is of view that unless the government initiates a programme to develop the railway service immediately the fall of the SLR is imminent. “The Railway [...]
The Railway Department will increase train fares to offset an annual loss of Rs. 3,981 million as a result of the soaring world oil prices and an accumulated loss for the past three decades, a spokesman for the Railway Department told the Sunday Observer. The annual loss the Railway Department has been increasing for the [...]
It was 143 years ago that the railway was started in our country, which was then known as Ceylon. Although the idea of starting a railway was mooted as early as 1822 it was only in 1864 that the first trains were run. Pressure by planters who were involved in the coffee industry expedited the [...]
A railway for Sri Lanka was first mooted in 1842. Since the British occupation of the island in 1815, the Europeans, looking for suitable investments were much attracted by the mild climate and rich soil found in the upland country. Cutting the first sod of the Ceylon Railways on 3rd August, 1858 by Sir Henry [...]
With the British domination the first sod was cut and the present population enjoy 80 per cent of their railway network. Firstly please enjoy the undernoted amended song which I had heard when I lived with an uncle of mine in 1960 onwards who was at that time the Operating Superintendent of the Railway J. [...]
Although I am not a rail commuter I had always a liking to travel by train. When Mr. J. M. Dharmaratne was the Operating Superintendent, on his instructions I travelled in the guard locomotive (as I remember manufacturers were Bayer Peacock of Leeds (subject to correction) from Nanuoya to Badulla and back. Going through Pattipola [...]
The recently imported Chinese railway carriages will be in operation from mid October, General Manager of the Sri Lanka Railways Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said. “Obtaining an International Standard Certificate for running conditions of the carriages on all railway tracks in the island is very important and these will be carried out before transporting passengers,” Dr. [...]