The railway coastline service which had been interrupted during the weekend would be back to normal from today, a spokesman of the Ambalangoda railway station said.There was only a limited service on the costline during the last couple of days as the Thotagamuwa railway bridge near Hikkaduwa was under repair from Friday midnight.
“The trains from [...]
The Kiribathkumbura railway crossing between Kadugannawa and Peradeniya of the main railway line will be partly and fully closed from October 17 to 19 due to repairs, the Sri Lanka Railways said.
The crossing will be partly closed from October 17 at 7.a.m to next day 7a.m, fully closed from 7.a.m. on 18 to 7.a.m the [...]
The real reason behind the government’s decision to lease out the southern coastal railway line to the Indian railway construction company is to privatise the railway department, the railway trade unions allege.
The government in August leased out the southern railway coastal line from Galle to Matara to the Indian Right Company to restore the remaining [...]
The Matale bound train leaving Colombo Fort at 10.35 a.m. will operate only up to the Peradeniya Junction from October 11 to 14 as the rail track between Peradeniya and Kandy would be repaired during this period.
During this period, the Kandy bound train from Hatton at 9 will also be operated up to Peradeniya Junction.
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Four M1 locomotives have been marked for scrapping from the Ratmalana Yard by the SLR. The current state of the locos or the locomotive numbers are not known yet. Two locomotives have already been cut. The General Manager of Railways Sri Lanka has promised to delay the scrapping of the other two M1`s if any [...]
Over the past 50 years, various services in our country have shown improvement to varying degrees. One of the biggest improvements is in telecommunication. Those days, getting a call even to Galle or Kandy was an ordeal. We had to get it through the operator and had to wait for 3-4 hours for the connection. [...]
In response to stories revolving around hackneyed family panoramas, television viewers would have a fine opportunity to experience a miniplay series with ‘Dumriya Andaraya’ (Railway Stories) based on a novel subject.
The teledrama series, ‘Dumriya Andaraya’, screenplay written play written and directed by Kapila Kumara Kalinga will narrate historical and hilarious stories relating to trains and [...]
The three-day long strike by railway workers ended this afternoon (Oct. 06th) following mediation by Transport Minister Dallas Alahapperuma.
The work stoppage by locomotive drivers and railway guards concluded after Minister Alahapperuma held talks with trade union representatives.
Meanwhile, the Railway Superintendent has said only 50 trains, out of 300 on schedule, had operated today.
The strike was [...]
