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Archive for April, 2008


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Loss making Railway donating rail tracks

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma and his Railway officials have taken their own government by surprise.
The Sri Lanka Railway as we all know has a huge debt burden besides being a loss making venture. Despite all that however, the Railway has resorted to acts of generosity in issuing iron rails free of charge even to private [...]

The new rail-bus route; a non-starter?

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Twenty new rail bus routes are to be started – splendid show!
The many red vehicles on our roads seem simple testimony of good dividends. Vehicles aplenty should also guarantee good driving to ensure comfortable travel. Driver training school staff should play a big hand in this with ‘back seat’ shadow work.
The ‘D’ type of smaller [...]

Chinese carriages replace aged ones in trains

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

In his efforts to improve the Railway Service, Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma has instructed railway authorities to replace 20 years old coaches of Yal Devi with Chinese-built new coaches which have modern facilities that include a public music system, spokesman for the Ministry Sumith Chandana Weerasingha said.
The department has imported 100 train coaches built to [...]

Mirrors on railway line to prevent accidents

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

The Railways Department is to install a new protective device at unprotected level crossings in an effort to prevent the loss of lives and the destruction of vehicles due to collisions with speeding trains at such level crossings. In the past, hundreds of lives have been lost annually due to accidents of this nature. Financial [...]

Kataragama railway line on right track

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

It has been targetted to complete the construction of the Matara – Kataragama railway line up to Beliatta by 2010 according to the Minister of Transport Dullas Alahapperuma.
The Minister said construction work of the bridge across Nilwala Ganga at Piladuwa is in progress. The bridge is a creation of the Austrian Government.
He said that the [...]

Derailment inconveniences New Year passengers

Monday, April 14th, 2008

The Colombo-Badulla express train was derailed between Galabada and Watawala on Thursday night. Six passenger carriages had jumped the rails, CGR’s Operating Superintendent Nalaka Bandara said.
With thousands of passengers heading home for the New Year held up, SLTB buses were deployed to transport them, he said.
“Railway workers are carrying out repairs to restore train services [...]

Bring the railways to 21st Century!

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Congratulations to the Railways Minister Dallas Alahapperuma on the speech he made to Railway employees recently. It was indeed like a breath of fresh air; we unfortunately saw and heard only a snippet of his speech over the TV but that was adequate. Unlike most of his colleagues he was not only candid but was [...]

CGR goes for 20 new Indian power sets

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

The Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) will purchase another 20 new power sets from India, Transport Ministry sources said. The new power sets will be used for long distance travel and this is the first time the CGR purchased power sets for long distance travel.
The new power sets will be purchased under the Indian Credit Line [...]


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