The Yal Devi that chugged from north to south, forging friendships among communities is set to resume her journey again all the way upto KKS, after violence stopped her in her tracks. Kumudini Hettiarachchi takes us back on a nostalgic journey. The stentorian but monotonous voice still rings in memory……..the down-train from KKS bound for [...]
The General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways has sought a Court Order to eject eighty three (83) families from a stretch of land along the railway reservation at Thotalanga. The area in totality covers the Railway Passage , Mahawatte , Sirimavo Bandaranaike Mawatha, and Nagalagam Street all in Colombo 13 as well as a part [...]
The Anuradhapura bound gasoline carrier which derailed last week in Thambalagamuwa causing a major public unrest, derailed again on the exact location yesterday morning while returning to Colombo. The carrier left Anuradhapura around 10.10am and derailed near the Kalaoya Bridge in Thambalagamuwa area around 11.20am. Colombo Railway control room official Nihal Fernandez told Daily Mirror [...]
Railway officials yesterday found an unconscious family including the father, mother and two infants on the Colombo bound Kandy train which reached the Maradana Railway Station last evening.The mother and two babies were rushed to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital while the father had been admitted to National Hospital after a locomotive operator of the Maradana [...]
We wish all our readers a happy Sinhala/Thamil New Year 2009, we hope to serve Sri Lanka Railway Fans better this year, with more day to day updates, more photos, updated timetable, etc.., thank you for supporting us for 2 Years We will be going on a Trip by train on 20th this month, any one who [...]
The derailment of a train transporting fuel from Colombo Fort to Anuradhapura, between Senarathgama and Thamubuttegama railway stations affected the railway service in the Northern line yesterday morning. The Anuradhapura main control room said that the derailment occurred around 6.10 am. The derailed train comprised five tanks of fuel and a guard carriage. Three of [...]
The famed “Uthaya Devi” Express Train has been re launched after a lapse of more than 25 years by the Sri Lanka Railway Department. The service was launched on the 5th of April 2009 as the first morning Intercity Express (ICE) train service to Batticaloa, and people in the east can now travel to Colombo [...]
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