Railway trade unions claim that the Department had incurred a loss of Rs. 1400 million due to the removal of seven M9 engines from the service. The department imported ten M9 Engines from France in 1997. Unfortunately, only three engines are still in operation, General Secretary of the All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union Sumathipala Manawadu told [...]
Sri Lanka’s ‘carriage-strapped’ Railway Department has cancelled two popular trains from Colombo to Badulla in the hill country and back starting on October 4.
Instead of the 7.40 PM night mail and 10.15 PM express train, one train will operate from Colombo to Badulla at 8.15 PM. Same changes have been made to the service from [...]
The General Manager Railways (GMR) Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan appealed to train commuters to complain against irresponsible and inefficient railway employees whenever they are found wanting in commitment to their duties. He also called on commuters to complain if railway staff are not at their relevant places of work.
Commenting at the news briefing on the dispute [...]
A woman carrying an infant and walking on the railway track near the Horape station, was killed on the spot when a Colombo Fort-bound passenger train knocked her down on Sunday.
But, little Kasun Priyantha(infant) had survived without having even a bruise. Police identified the victim as 54-year-old grandmother of the two-and-half year-old boy. As the [...]
