The Railways Department has upgraded the signal system on the coastal railway line at a cost of Rs 80 million.
The operation of the signal system which was installed with the assistance of the Netherlands Government was handed over to the railway main control room in Colombo yesterday. “Under the project, a technologically advanced signal system [...]
Train fares will be increased from June 1 to offset the current diesel price hike, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.
Addressing the media yesterday, Minister Alahapperuma said an evaluation of the fare increase will be done soon.
The Minister assured that the fare revision will be lower than the recent CTB bus fare increase of 17 percent [...]
A powerfull bomb has exploded inside the Panadura bound train at Dehiwala. The explosion occured around 16:55 when the powerset was pulling out of the Dehiwala Station. The police assume the bomb had been placed on the 5th carriage overhead storage rack of the S9 Powerset.
At least 7 people were killed and around 62 injured in the explosion. [...]
Railway ticket fares are to be increased with effect from first of June. This information was revealed today by the Ministry of Transport.
The fare increase amount has not yet been finalised and is still being discussed by the Railway Department and the Ministry of Transport. Nevertheless, the increase will be less than the 17.7% increase [...]
As the latest fuel price increase came into effect on Sunday, the Railways Department called for an immediate and substantial increase in train fares to offset massive losses which would have a detrimental impact on the national economy.
Railways General Manager Dr. T. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said the department had been running at a staggering loss even [...]
The recent closing of a Transport Ministry tender for 15 rail locomotives has brought back the ghosts of the last such tender.
Out of 10 French locomotives imported in 2000 at a cost of Rs 1.9 billion, seven of them were non functional and had to be scrapped due to various electrical and mechanical problems stemming [...]
Work on the Kandy railway station is in progress with structural developments, drainage system and other renovations taking place. With a major area of the work being already done the project will be completed in early July, Managing Director Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, Kishu Gomes said.
He said the company undertook the project since Kandy is [...]
Someone told me and my partner that the ideal way to visit Bandarawela was to go by train, and to return the same way. So we decided to take that mode of travel, and book seats in the observation coach in order to make the most of the journey.
Recalling a delightful trip to Bandarawela undertaken [...]
