A young couple who were walking along the rail tracks in Wellawatta were struck by a train last afternoon. The girl was killed on the spot.
The couple were reportedly hit by a Galle bound train at around 3.30pm, in the Beach Wadiya area of Wellawatta.
According to Wellawatta police, the couple had not heard the whistle [...]
The Railway Department has repaired 155 railway carriages and 26 railway locomotives since 2006 and these carriages and locomotives have been successfully introduced by the Railway into regular service. The department has also successfully renovated 122 Railway Station since 2006.
The Railway has been able to construct new railway bridges over Kaluthara, Keleniya, Pingwatta, Seeduwa, Ja [...]
The coastal train service was completely disrupted when a train travelling from Matara to Kandy was derailed near the Boossa railway station at about 3.00pm yesterday.
When the train was shunted to another track to allow another train to pass it had been derailed and come to rest on the sleepers.
Trains coming from Colombo could not [...]
The Kandy Colombo Road fly-over at the Kelaniya Railway Crossing.
Source: Sunday Observer Pic: Sudam Gunasinghe
The Anuradhapura Police on Wednesday arrested a member of a gang that befriends train commuters and steals their valuables after drugging them.
He was arrested at the Anuradhapura Railway station when Police searched the Uttaradevi train plying from Medwachiya to Anuradhapura.
Police said the arrested man, from Galenbindunuwewa, had earlier served as a home guard.
Just prior to [...]
Sri Lankan Railways (SLR) announced yesterday that over 20 prospective suppliers have collected tender applications from the Ministry of Transport in response to a recent worldwide tender issued by the Ministry to supply 15 locomotives at a cost of over Rs.4.5billion.
“We have received a big response for the tender and more than 20 prospective suppliers [...]
Austrian Government has agreed to grant further, Euro 2.1 million (Rs. 336 million) for the construction of new railway bridge across Matara-Nilwala Ganga and bridges of Be Unawhtuna and Midigama under the credit agreement signed in year 2003.
Accordingly the Nilwala Railway Bridge is scheduled to be completed by October this year and will be the [...]
Douglas Devananda, Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare, at the meeting of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, said that arrangements need to be provided with a compartment having facilities for persons with disabilities in every passenger train, to rid them of the difficulties experienced by them. He instructed the members of the [...]
