The Transport Ministry will add 15 power sets (S10 category) imported from China to the railway fleet under its 10-year Railway Development Strategy highlighted in the Mahinda Chintanaya as a major priority. Accordingly, a power set which completed its trial successfully will make its maiden journey from Colombo Fort on November 1 at 9.00 am. [...]
The government hopes to commence an electric train service between Panadura and Veyangoda in the near future. The Power and Energy ministry will setup a special committee to study the use of electricity trains in the country. Meanwhile an Indian State delegation is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka within the next few days to discuss [...]
Sri Lanka Railway will declare open the newly constructed dual track Southern coastal railway line between Panadura and Kalutara today. The new track comprises a bridge over Kalu River and a state-of-the-art signal system. The Austrian Government provided 458 million rupees to expand the existing Kalutara Bridge. The construction of the dual track between Kalutara [...]
Sri Lanka Ministry of Transport is to declare open the dual track railway line extended to Wadduwa and newly installed railway signal system early next week. This project, completed utilizing 100% domestic resources including the services extended by the retired Railway employees has managed to build a 15.16 km long new railway track parallel to [...]
Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma told Parliament yesterday that a new factory is under construction at Dematagoda to build railway compartments locally. The Minister said at present 652 railway compartments have been abandoned and there is a possibility of repairing nearly 300 compartments. The Rumanian Government has pledged to repair nearly 325 railway compartments. The Minister [...]
An attempt by a three-wheeler driver to race against an oncoming train and pass the gate at a railway level crossing at Kandewatta, Ambalangoda ended in tragedy. The three-wheeler was hit by the Colombo bound ‘Samudra Devi’ train killing the driver on the spot. Residents of the area rushed to the scene but the driver [...]
As the rail tracks between Wellawa /Ganewatta is to be repaired on 22nd and 23rd of October 2008, following trains will be cancelled and sheduled times be amended. 1. Cancelled Trains 1. The train leaves at 10.40am from Colombo fort to Anuradhapura 2. The train leaves at 8.40am from Anuradhapura to Colombo fort 3. [...]
Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma in a move to modernize the railway Colour Signal System (CSS) has appointed a three member committee to conduct a survey on the existing system and suggest recommendations to bring it to the international level, Deputy General Manager (Technical) P.P.Wijesekara said. The faults and failures in the CSS in the recent [...]