It is with regret that we report Colombo – Nanu-Oya Intercity Express, on of the fastest trains in Sri Lanka has been suspended from last week due to lack of passenger interest. It was reported that there were only 7 passengers were on the train when the train had a locomotive failure at Ihala Kotte [...]
Operations of the Yal Devi train will be extended upto Thandikulam railway station, the next station from Vavuniya railway station towards the North from June 6 morning, with the completion of the restoration of rail track, railway station and the signal system, a press release issued by the Transport Ministry said yesterday. The construction work [...]
Sri Lanka Railways has to collect Rs.525 million from various Government Departments for warrants issued to public servants. A Sri Lanka Railway’s Spokesman told the Daily News a number of Departments have defaulted on payments to the tune of Rs.525 million to the Sri Lanka Railways for warrants given over the last 10 years. “Therefore, [...]
The Sri Lanka Railways has finally decided to get tough with defaulting restaurants, milk stalls and pharmacy operators at railway stations and have given them an ultimatum, asking them to pay their rent or quit by May 31. Operations Manager, Sri Lanka Railways Wijaya Samarasinghe said the department is losing about Rs. 5 million due [...]
Sri Lanka Railways need to implement a short term `facelift’ program immediately to transform it into an efficient service said General Manager Sri Lanka Railways P.P. Wijesekera. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Observer Wijesekera who assumed duties last Wednesday as the 20th GM of Railways said instead of a large scale rehabilitation program, [...]
We have got a lot of e-mails from our readers about National Railway Museum website, sorry we did not post it earlier, this is the website address of Sri Lanka National Railway Museum : http://www.railwaymuseum.lk/
The term of office of the General Manager of Sri Lanka Railway Department, Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan, has expired by yesterday. According to the sources Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan has worked as the General Manager in Sri Lanka Railways for the last two years, but he has not asked for a service extension. He has handed over [...]
Train movement along the southern coastal track was restored yesterday morning after the railway service had temporarily been suspended following the derailment of the “Rajarata Rejina” on Saturday. The train bound for Anuradhapura from Matara derailed somewhere between Ahangama and Weligama around 9.30am on Saturday. A Spokesman for the Railways Nihal Fernandez told Daily Mirror [...]