Pakistan will provide railway tankers to Sri Lanka railway on concessionary credit facilities. The Sri Lankan government is grateful to Pakistan for the supply which will be of immense use to C.G.R.
Minister Alahappruma said that although the prices of crude oil had been threatening to de-stabilize economies, the Sri Lankan government would take all possible [...]
All temporary gates at level crossings in the Galle District were removed last week and reason given was that personnel handling these bamboo gates very often failed to report for duty mainly because of the meagre monthly allowance of Rs 3,500 paid to them.
Temporary bamboo gates were installed on the direction of former President Ranasinghe [...]
Thirty eight years after ‘he’ has left the department, and fifty three years after ‘it’ first landed in our shores and majestically moved around on our tracks, cloaked in blue and silver livery, causing the countryside to reverberate to the high frequencies that it would generate, they (he and it both) are still being talked [...]
Trade union suppression in the Railway Department following the July 10 strike has irked its employees, All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) told The Morning Leader.
Employees allied to the JVP affiliated ACREGU have come under attack following the July 10 token strike and instructions have allegedly been given to all heads of departments to [...]
Trade unions affiliated to Sri Lanka Railways have charged that the leasing out of the southern coastal railway line to an Indian rail construction company on July 21 (Monday), was the first step toward the planned railway privatisation programme.
The government on Monday leased out the southern coastal railway line from Galle to Matara to Indian [...]
Between August 1 and 4, during the SAARC Summit , all trains arriving in Colombo on the main line from points north of Colombo will not terminate at Maradana as earlier planned but proceed a stage further to Colombo Fort. Trains to Colombo along the coast line will terminate at Bambalapitiya which neighbours the High [...]
The Ceylon Government Railway was formed in 1862 after representations made by planters to build a Railway to the Hill Country for the transport of tea and coffee to the Colombo Port.
Bullock carts could not cope up with the production. Six alternative routes were proposed due to the difficult terrain from Rambukkana to Kadugannawa. Capt. [...]
The Indian Government has pledged US $ 168 million to Sri Lanka to develop the island’s railways sector.
The financial assistance, provided under the Indian Credit Line (ICL) will be used to upgrade Sri Lanka’s coastal railway line hit by the 2004 tsunami and to strengthen the operating fleet of the Railways Department.
Though the coastal train [...]
