The modernisation projet of the railway service will reduce the travelling time from Colombo to Matara by one and half hours. The project includes obtaining powersets, locomotive engines and upgrading the railway tracks. Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said that under the Indian credit line twenty powersets will be added to the long distance railway fleet [...]
Sri Lanka will soon receive 15 power sets (Class S10) which have already been shipped from China. They will strengthen the rail service. The first power set is due to arrive in Sri Lanka during the first week of September. These 15 power sets will cost US$ 40 million and this is the first time [...]
This was no Great Railway Journey, like the BBC ones of the eighties and nineties. In our brief journey, we skirted the north-western coast of Sri Lanka where the scenery is so different from what we see in other parts of the country. But what was particularly interesting was that this short hop between Puttalam [...]
BOOK LAUNCH: A journey by train in Udarata Menike to the hill country is fascinating and one of the best experiences a traveller could have in the world said Financial Consultant Das Meriyagolla. Speaking at the launch of the ‘A comprehensive Guide to information of Sri Lanka’ book written by former Director General of Sri [...]
The proposed Matara-Galle railway line upgrading process is to halt train services between the two cities for four months, Organisation for Protection of the Properties and Rights of Railway Employees (OPPRRE) sources said. The government on July 21 leased out the southern railway coastal line from Galle to Matara to Indian Right Company – an [...]
Bamunuarachchige Don Rampala, the eminent engineer in Sri Lanka’s engineering history. Probably, travelling to school by train on the narrow gauge he would have got a liking to join the Railway. He joined the Railway as a Probationary Engineer and underwent training at the Ratmalana Railway workshops. The Senior Supervisors used to relate, how donning [...]
The first train to Ambepussa from Co lombo (a distance of 54 km) began its historic journey on December 27, 1864. People who had come to see the `iron horse` rushed to have a look at the belching locomotive of the train, which they had never seen before. Obviously, the railway would have caused a [...]
It travels through the mountains slowly like a snake, but roaring as if the sound of the engine and the horn notifying the people a train is on the way in this single track leading to the central mountains of Sri Lanka. But this train is very different from others. It’s not an ordinary passenger [...]