The Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) has increased train fares with effect from today (01) to offset the exorbitant costs incurred as a result of the current fuel price hike.
According to the new fare revision the minimum fare for a 3rd Class tickets will be Rs.10/, while Second Class and First Class passengers will have to [...]
A top official of a government body said freezing prices of government output was an ‘economic crime’ because the popular concept of ‘government bearing the burden’ had no factual basis.
“Suppressing prices and freezing them is an economic crime,” head of Sri Lanka Railways Lalithasiri Gunaruwan told reporters. “It is not raising prices that cause an [...]
Sri Lanka railways will almost double rail fares to reduce losses and its dependence on government handouts as fuel prices continue to move up, officials said.
From Monday fares of privately owned buses were raised by 27.2 percent and state-run buses by 17.0 percent. Rail fares were last raised in 2005, but bus fares have been [...]
Secretary, All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) Sumathipala Manawadu told The Morning Leader that the Railway Ministry’s failure to provide protection to train commuters led to the latest disaster on Monday that claimed nine lives.
“Subsequent to the February 3 suicide bomb attack at the Fort Railway Station that killed 14 and injured more than [...]
Over ten people were injured when two trains collided at Botale in Mirigama a short while ago.
The department of railways said Train services along the main line were temporarily disrupted after the collision between the Medawachchiya bound express train and a railways service train.
Source: Sri Lanka Railways Forum
Surprise checks will be carried out in trains and SLTB and private buses, to ensure the safety of commuters, trains, buses and property, a spokesman of the Ministry of Transport said yesterday.
The Ministry’s security officers will assist the police and armed forces to conduct surprise checks and help to keep possible terrorist acts in check. [...]
The Train Halt No.1 between Wadduwa and Kalutara North Railway station on the coastal railway line is the only nameless railway station in the country, perhaps in the whole world, identified by a number.
It is said the naming of the railway station located on the boundary of Waskaduwa and Potupitiya villages created a dispute. When [...]
The All Ceylon Railway Employees Union (ACREU) charged that unnecessary purchases, wastage and corruption during procurements by the Railway Department and the failure to collect money owed for the leased property owned by the Department had resulted in the loss of income to the Railway Department.
ACREU General Secretary Sumathipala Manavadu said they had complained to [...]
