Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma has ordered a full scale investigation into Monday’s derailment of the ‘Rajarata Menike’ express train at Hikkaduwa leaving three dead.
Calling for a report as to the causes and circumstances of the accident to be submitted today, Alahapperuma has also directed the General Manager of Railways to renovate the damaged track and [...]
Following the derailment of the Matara bound Medawachchiya train on Monday, just past the Hikkaduwa Railway station, train services on the coast line have been halted between Ambalangoda and Galle for two days until the wreckage is cleared and the tracks repaired.
A bus shuttle has been organised for the benefit of office workers who travel [...]
Sri Lanka Railway paid Rs 10,000 to the families of each of the school children who died when the Matara bound express from Anuradhapura “Rajarata Rejina” was derailed at the Thotagamuwa bridge in Hikkaduwa, as funeral expenses.
The money was handed over to the next of kin of the victims at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital.
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It had become a national problem to protect each and every unauthorised level crossing, General Manager Railways Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said at a press conference at his office on Monday.
There were around 700 railway level crossings and the Railway Department could not protect every single crossing as it cost a lot of money. Along the [...]
The Inquirer in to Sudden Deaths, Galle, A. M. M. Awoon yesterday ordered police to arrest the engine driver and his assistant of the ill fated “Rajarata Rejina” express train which derailed at Thotagamuwa on Monday killing three people and wounding many and produce them before Galle Magistrate.
At the inquest, he said that the statements [...]
The Katugastota Police last week reported that train No. 2243 bound to Matale from Kandy had derailed near Mawilmada railway level crossing in the Katugastota police area due to the bad state of the railway sleepers. No one had suffered injuries.
Source: The Morning Leader
Most of the 100 railway compartments imported from China have already been deployed in the service, General Manager of Railways, Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said.
He further said that these imported compartments have been fixed with modern facilities to accommodate more passengers.
The Government has also taken steps to import 15 more power sets to be deployed in [...]
