In a bid to forge communal amity between North and the South, the Government will extend the Northern railway line devastated by the terrorists from Vavuniya to Thandikulam by April 23 which marks the completion of 53 years since the inception of the Yaldevi train service to Jaffna, said Transport Minister Dullas Allahapperuma. The Minister [...]
The upcountry night mail train service to Badulla was interrupted yesterday due to a derailment between Hali-Ela and Badulla at about 6.45 a.m. the Train Controller Arrangements Nihal Fernandez, told the Daily News. He said the train which was derailed left the Colombo Fort station at 8 p.m. as usual. No injuries were reported. Urgent [...]
Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma vowed that trains would run at least one kilometre beyond Vavuniya before the end of April, symbolising the dawn of democracy, freedom and a new era of prosperity for the people in the north. The estimated cost of restoring the railway track from Vavuniya to Jaffna and Kankesanthurai was Rs. 14.5 [...]
Three wild elephants were killed when they were run over by a Trincomalee Colombo bound train on Thursday (26) night. Anuradhapura railway control office said the accident had occurred near Handagama sub station between Kalawewa and Moragollagama. No damage had occurred to the train or track and the train service was normal, the control office [...]
The most appropriate response to the often posed question as to how to protect the freedom achieved in the North in the near future is the return journey of Yal Devi to Jaffna after 20 years, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. Addressing a function held at the Presidential Secretariat last afternoon to mark the launching of [...]
The Sri Lanka railways yesterday that warned gangs are ‘working’ the long distance trains drugging and robbing unsuspecting travelers. Their modus operandi is very familiar. They board the train and befriend the fellow travelers and after some distance offer them doctored food and drink. At this point these men and women relieve the commuters of [...]
The upgrading of the southern coastal railway line with trains travelling at over 120 km per will commence next month. Transport Minister Dallas Alahapperuma said. Agreements for upgrading the railway line were signed with an Indian company, he said. The renovation will be on an Indian credit line. The first stage of the upgrading of [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will inaugurate the `Yarl Devi’ railway project to the Jaffna peninsula, at the Presidential Secretariat tomorrow at 4.00 p.m., informed sources said. Train services which existed between the North and the South for more than hundred years came to a halt following the troubles started in the North in the eighties. The [...]