This is not just an unruly group of passengers who interrupted the duties of the SLR men. I was part of the huge crowd of the Kelani Valley (KV) railway line who gathered to protest and asked for a remedy to the delays in the KV line. Delays of 30min-1.5hrs have become the norm for [...]
Pandemonium broke out at the Colombo Fort Railway Station last afternoon when angry commuters forced themselves into the Station Master’s office wounding two railway employees and damaging furniture after they became restive due to train delays.
Fort Railway Station Superintendent S. Wijesingha said the cancellation and delay of trains occurred due to a colour light failure [...]
In recent times, there has been a spate of articles and other news items appearing in this forum on the state of motive power in the Sri Lankan Railways. Needless to mention, much of the locomotive roster is laid up due to lack of spares and other items and the railway is struggling to provide [...]
Commencing Wednesday train services on the Northern line were terminated at Anuradhapura until further notice. According to Railway Department sources this had been decided upon following intelligence reports that the LTTE could resort to sabotage beyond Anuradhapura in view of the Heroes Day it prepares to celebrate on November 27.
The LTTE has planned a week-long [...]
Nov 20, Colombo: The Cabinet of Ministers have agreed to formulate a common policy acceptable to solve the existing problems related to unauthorized residency in lands solely owned by the Railway Department of Sri Lanka.
Minister of Transport, Dullas Alahapperuma in a paper submitted to the Cabinet said that the Department of Railways leases out lands [...]
The Manel Mal Movement has planned to take a ‘Train of Brotherhood’ from Matara to Medawachchiya carrying provisions to the soldiers who are fighting and to the people displaced by the war in the North.
Issuing a media release Dr. Gunadasa Amerasekara, Working Committee Member of the Manel Mal Movement stated the ‘Train of Brotherhood’ is [...]
The undisclosed plan to extend the 22km railway line given to Holcim Cement in 1997 by a further 5km stretch has irked railway employees, the All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREU) said.
According to ACREU sources, Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma’s secret plan to extend the 22km Noornagar-Aruwakkal railway line by a further 5km stretch from [...]
The new fares which will be implemented from December 1, 2008.
Amended Charges per Kilometer:
Distance
1st Class
2nd Class
3rd Class
0 – 10 km
Rs. 3.60
Rs. 2.00
Rs. 1.10
11 – 50 km
Rs. 3.30
Rs. 1.80
Rs. 1.00
51 – 100 km
Rs. 2.80
Rs. 1.50
Rs. 0.85
101 – 200 km
Rs. 2.10
Rs. 1.20
Rs. 0.65
200 km >
Rs. 1.60
Rs. 0.90
Rs. 0.50
Current Charges per Kilometer:
