The Government is to commence an intercity train service between Colombo Fort and Anuradhapura with a maximum travel time of three hours.
Sri Lanka Railways Department said a rehearsal run will be held tonight to ensure the shortened travel time.If successful the Railway Department hopes to commence this special train service from next month.
Currently the time [...]
Dec 27 car-train collision at Kurana, Katunayake
The Sri Lanka Railways said that one of the worst train-car collisions at a rail crossing could have been easily averted had the driver of the ill-fated vehicle heeded an SLAF officer’s warning. The tragedy at a Kurana-Katunayake rail crossing on December 27 claimed the lives of five persons, [...]
A host of newly constructed facilities for differently abled railway passengers will be declared open tomorrow at the Maradana Railway Station tomorrow, Operating Superintendant of Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) Vijaya Samarasinghe said.
This project is a joint venture by SLR and the National Secretariat for Disabled People run by the Ministry of Social Services.
An elevator, five [...]
