The increase in bus fares has in turn helped railway to earn more income since commuters prefer to travel by train as it is cheaper, safer and faster.
Most of the trains operate according to the timetable particularly during the peak hours, the railway authorities claimed.
The revenue could be further increased, if the railway security personnel [...]
Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma yesterday assured the House that the Transport Ministry has not taken any decision to vest the management of railway stations in any local or foreign company.
The Minister responding to a question by JVP Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, said the Ministry has no intention whatsoever to hand over railway station management to the [...]
A second railway line from Peradeniya to Kandy is to be established by the Railway Department to meet the increasing demand for rail transport.
Railway officials told The Morning Leader that this second track from Peradeniya to Kandy is now in the design stage, although this has been planned by the Railway Department for a long [...]
The Sri Lanka Railways has lost a large extent of land in extent of 2,300 acres given on long term lease by the UNP government in contravention of the Railways Ordinance that provides only for a five-year lease of any land that belongs to the Railways, Minister of Transport and Railways, Dallas Alahapperuma told Parliament [...]
Econo Rail was a project to manufacture Diesel Multiple Units in Sri Lanka. It was approved by the government in November 2004. Even thou we applaud this government for the steps it has taken to import new carriages, locomotives and DMUs after many years, it is imperative that they support and implement indigenous projects like Econo [...]
Hundreds of Batticaloa bound passengers were severely inconvenienced last Friday when all Batticaloa bound night trains were curtailed at Polonnaruwa due to a derailment.
Even though the department had announced over the loudspeakers at Colombo Fort that the Trains were limited to Polonnaruwa, the passengers who had already booked their seats and passengers who had bought [...]
Secretary to the Transport Ministry Nihal Somaweera said yesterday the Ministry would recruit retired armed forces personnel with good records to provide security for the Railway Service and to enhance the protection of commuters, trains and property.
The ministry has obtained the approval of the Department of Management Services to recruit 115 retired officers from the [...]
Transport Minister Dullas Alahaperuma told at the signing ceremony of the renovation project of the Kandy railway station that the government has taken a policy decision to get private investment to develop the train service without privatising the Railway.
“We are planning to develop 12 railway stations from Colombo to Lunawa with private sector collaboration, local or foreign. We [...]
