The Government will add 33 power sets imported from China and India to the locomotives in next year under its 10-year Railway Development Strategy highlighted in the Mahinda Chintana. ”The total cost of these 33 power sets is Rs.13 billion,” Sri Lanka Railways General Manager P.P. Wijesekara told a media briefing in Colombo. This would [...]
Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) will appreciate and honour the service of 1,500 employees who are due to retire from service. A ceremony to appreciate the hard work and hours of dedication of the railway employees will be conducted under the patronage of Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma today at the Youth Council in Maharagama at 4.00pm. [...]
Foreign tourists and Tamil speaking people who travel by train on the coastal lines face many difficulties when announcements at the railway stations were made only in the Sinhala language. The passengers stressed the need to deliver announcements at all Railway Stations in all the three languages for the convenience of travellers from the North-East [...]
The Following Special Train Arrangements Will Be Made To Meet The Extra Traffic Expected During Christmas & Long Week End. NO:01 SPL FORT / BANDARAWELA FROM 24.12.2009 TO 02.01.2010 FORT DEPATURE 19:20 HOURS. NO:02 SPL BANDARAWELA / FORT FROM 25.12.2009 TO 03.01.2010 BANDARAWELA DEPATURE 06:30 HOURS. Source: Sri Lanka Railways
A new mechanism will be formulated for a train commuter who is unable to complete the journey by train alone to use the same ticket to travel by bus, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said. The Minister was speaking after the inaugurating the second railbus service between Trincomalee and Gal Oya at the Trincomalee railway station. [...]
Station Masters were scheduled to launch a 48-hour strike from midnight yesterday as a protest against their salary anomalies. Their trade union action will badly affect students sitting the GCE O/Level examination, holiday makers and festive season shoppers. A spokesman for the Station Masters’ Union said yesterday that over 900 of their members would participate [...]
India will provide $425 million as assistance to Sri Lanka to undertake railway projects in its war ravaged Northern region and help speedy reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts there. “Indian government has conveyed to the government of Sri Lanka its decision to extend a Line of Credit of $425 million to Sri Lanka for three projects,” [...]
The Railway Department will launch its second rail bus service today between Trincomalee and Gal Oya in the Eastern Province under the Negenahira Navodaya project. The inauguration will take place at the Trincomalee railway station under the patronage of Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma at 3.00pm. A Sri Lanka Railways Spokesman told the Daily News the [...]