Fort to Bandarawela: The Sri Lanka Railway acting on the directions of Transport Minister Kumara Welgama has arranged to operate a special inter-city train between Colombo Fort and Bandarawela from December 11 to January 2 for the convenience of commuters during the December school vacation and the Christmas season. The train will leave Colombo Fort [...]
The construction of the double track railway line from Ja-ela to Seeduwa is nearing completion. “It is almost 80 percent completed,” Sri Lanka Railways General Manager A.G.Mahanama said.”Once this project is completed, we do not see any problem in operating a commuter train service on this railway line”, he further said. Meanwhile, the double track [...]
The Government will commence construction work on the railway lines in the Northern sector connecting Medawachchiya to Thalaimannar and Omanthai to Pallai this month. Sri Lanka Railways General Manager A G Mahanama said the foundation stone will be laid by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa in the presence of Transport Minister Kumara Welgama and Indian [...]
The special team comprising 32 security officers attached to the Sri Lanka Railway Protection Force (RPF) conducting a surprise raid on the Sagarika train operating between Galle and Maradana (No-97) yesterday arrested 50 people traveling without tickets and other offenses. RPF Sub Inspector W S Jayasekara told the Daily News that the RPF team boarded [...]
The Alstom (AD 32 C) M-09 French rail engines imported to the country in 2000 and were found to carry defects are to be fully repaired using modern technology and put into operation, Deputy Transport Minister Rohana Dissanayake said. Addressing a media briefing at the Government Information Department he said the Arthur C. Clarke Centre [...]
All beggars are to be removed from the main railway stations island wide beginning today. Sri Lanka Railway Spokesperson Vijay Samarasingha confirmed this morning that it was an initial step and the process would continue to include smaller stations in the near future. Samarasingha confirmed that the Railway Protection Force and the Police are engaged [...]
The Government will obtain Chinese technical assistance to introduce electric trains to Sri Lanka. Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said he will travel to China seeking help for this project and study the technology to introduce electric trains here. It has been planned to initiate work on the project’s first phase next year. In the initial [...]
The first out of 20 power sets imported from India is due to arrive in Sri Lanka this month. This will strengthen long distance travel on the Southern railway line from Colombo to Matara. A Sri Lanka Railways Spokesman told the Daily News that this was the first time that the CGR purchased power sets [...]