In February, The Sunday Leader reported that the tender documents pertaining to the Northern-Southern Rail Project omitted certain important details, such as whether the rails would be painted with anti-corrosive paint. However, this situation has been rectified, with IRCON International Ltd, an Indian government-owned company, issuing a tender document for the painting of the southern [...]
Starting from the 1st of July Sri Lanka Railways is planning to boost its fuel transportation levels. Speaking to news360, the General Manager of the Sri Lanka Railways P. P. Wijesekera said as of now they only use 35% of the SLR capacity to transport fuel to outstation areas from Colombo. He said the Sri [...]
The Government will launch a new train service from the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake to Colombo for tourists visiting the country for Videocon IIFA Weekened and Micromax IIFA Awards. Some Indian artistes visiting Sri Lanka will travel on the maiden journey to boost the project. Luxury vehicles like Mercedes-Benz and BMW automobiles will transport the [...]
The Sri Lanka Railways will resort to drastic action against unauthorised trenching by Local Government Authorities on both sides of the rail tracks, Commercial Superintendent, Wijaya Samarasinghe, said yesterday. The signal cables have been laid underground a distance of two metres off the rail track connecting the signal system. “There had been instances where the [...]
The compartments of the Trincomalee night mail train and its break system were severely damaged when a train engine collided with the compartments at the Trincomalee station yesterday evening. According to Railways officials, the engine of the Trinco night mail train was detached to be fixed to the rear of the line of compartments. However, [...]
A special train service to cater to pilgrims visiting Anuradhapura and Kalutara during the Vesak festival will be launched by the Railway Department from Fort and Maradana stations on May 26 and 27. A department spokesman said a special train will leave Fort at 1.25 p.m. on May 26 and reach Anuradhapura at 6.02 p.m. [...]
The train commuters inconvenienced following heavy torrential rains experienced in many parts of the country during the last few days. Trains on the main line from Colombo to Kandy were delayed for hours due to the bad weather. Only one railway track was operative as two railway tracks out of three were inundated. The railway [...]
A special train service will be operated to transport foreigners from the Bandaranayke International Airport(BIA) in Katunayake to Colombo, says the Railways Department. “This initiative will commence in line with the upcoming Indian film awards ceremony to be held in the island in June. A special train station will be set up as well for [...]