Peradeniya Police say that there was a plastic tube with explosives, one detonator with a wire 4 inches in length, gelignite and TNT explosives in the bomb found at the Peradeniya Station.
The bomb was found on a bench in the Station. DIG Central Province Kingsley Ekanayake is directing the investigations
Source: Daily Mirror
General Manager Railways, Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan attributed the recent derailments to the acute financial constraints, there is a short supply of spare parts such as sleepers, rails and locomotive engine components.
Two derailments were reported between Nawalapitiya – Hatton railway line and another on the Nanuoya – Ambewela line last week. There was an accident at [...]
A lorry was wrecked and two men in the lorry were killed in a fatal accident at an unguarded railway level crossing at Hikkaduwa on Saturday morning.
The ill fated lorry belonging to a businessman in the Bentota area was on rounds delivering soft drinks when it hit the Colombo bound express train from Matara at [...]
The project envisages:
1. Luxury Express Trains to Katunayake Airport
2. Modernised Maradana Station
3. Elevated highway on top of the Railway Line
4. Duty free compound on Maradana Railway compound
5. Maradana bonded warehouses
6. Electric Trains
Sri Lankans travelling abroad would soon have the luxury of avoiding traffic snarls on the Colombo-Katunayake road by popping into an exclusive train straight [...]
Sri Lanka railways revamp schedule on commuter appeals
Sri Lanka’s cash strapped state-run railway utility has revamped its schedule from Saturday, following requests from ‘commuter associations’, officials said.
“Railway Department took this decision after requests from passengers,” railways chief Lalitha Siri Gunaruwan, said.
“This is because we want to give a better service to the public.”
The new time [...]
Sri Lanka will invite a private operator to build an optical fibre backbone in partnership with the state-owned railway system, a senior minister said.
Sri Lanka’s transport ministry which runs the railways department had been given approval to start looking for a telecom operator to lease the country’s 1,200 kilometres of railway tracks, information minister Anura [...]
An upcountry goods train derailed yesterday morning near Rozella disrupting train services on the inadequately maintained upcountry line.
The incident resulted in some minor damages as well as causing one of the carriages to fall over. The derailment occurred close to the 105th milepost about two miles past the Rozella railway station.
This is third time in [...]
The Badulla bound Udarata Manike express train from Colombo Fort derailed near the Veyangoda station around 10.30 today when a Powerset on a dry run collided into its observation saloon.
The collision forced the Udarata Manike express to detail as well as disrupting train services on the affected line. The derailment caused some minor damages and [...]
