Train operations on the coastal railway line were back to normal from yesterday with railway authorities managing to renovate the damage caused by the derailment on the Thotagamuwa bridge within two days.
According to the Transport Ministry, operations beyond Ambalangoda which were suspended after the fatal derailment, resumed last morning, following a test run over the [...]
The new fleet of 100 train carriages which arrived from China and the new power sets to be imported in September will strengthen the railway services and enhance the quality of travel by train, General Manager Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said at a press conference recently.
The train service would be improved especially in the Kelani Valley [...]
Over the past 30 to 40 years Sri Lanka’s railway system has been deprived of sufficient investment, Sri Lanka Railways General Manager Dr. T.L Gunaruwan stated yesterday.
Addressing the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2008 Dr. Gunaruwan further stated that although the Department received hundreds of billions of Rupees in the 1970s to develop its network, in [...]
