Two luxury Hitachi air-conditioned trains will resume operations from February 1. These trains were under repairs for the past one year by local technicians. Speaking to The Island, Commercial Superintendent of Sri Lanka Railways, Vijaya Samarasinghe, said that one of these luxury trains could accommodate 60 travellers, while the other could carry 100. Each train [...]
Sri Lanka Railway will operate special inter-city train service between Colombo Fort and Nanu Oya on January 29, 30 and 31. The train will start from Fort at 8.35 a.m. will stop at Peradeniya, Gampola, Nawalapitiya, Hatton, Talawakele and Nanu Oya (reaching at 2.10 p.m.). The train from Nanu Oya will start at 3.15 p.m. [...]
Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said a train would run from KKS to Beliatta in less than 20 months and up to Kataragama in 30 months when the next government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa carried out its promises given in the current election campaign. Addressing a ceremony held in connection with the passing out of [...]
A large number of passengers including the Buddhist monks of the Polgasduwa International Monastery, the devotees visiting the monastery and the foreign tourists are facing hardships due to the dilapidated state of the Dodanduwa railway station. Polgasduwa International Buddhist Monastery and the Hikkaduwa tourist area are in close proximity to Dodanduwa railway station. The 115 [...]
The Railway Department will launch its third rail-bus service from tomorrow 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 Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Ashok K.Kantha. A Sri Lanka Railways Spokesman told the Daily [...]
Indian Railways with over 63,000 kilometres of rail track at home is one of the largest mass transport networks in the world. And, laying down 90 kilometres of track in Sri Lanka’s northern province might therefore be an easy task for the organization. But, the Omanthai-Pallai track project costing $185 million is of significance to [...]
The Ceylon Government Railway was conceived in the 1850s and it is a legacy of British Rule. The first train ran on December 27, 1864 from Colombo to Ambepussa. Since then the Sri Lanka Railway network has been expanded to nine rail lines which are Main Line (Colombo to Badulla), Matale Line, Coast Line (Colombo [...]
The Government has waived the security levy on parcel transportation by rail from yesterday as the security situation of the country has returned to normal. Sri Lanka Railways’ Commercial Superintendent Vijaya Samarasinghe said that the officials attached to the main stations and sub stations across the country have already been informed by the Railway Department [...]