Train services between Galle and Matara will be suspended temporarily from tomorrow for four months to modernize the coastal railway line. A Sri Lanka Railways spokesman told the Daily News that the stretch of track between Galle and Matara, damaged during the tsunami will be completely renovated. “The Sri Lanka Transport Board will operate a [...]
Sri Lanka Railways has increased the number of engines to 62 from 48 to provide an efficient train service. Transport Deputy Minister Rohana Kumara Dissanayake told the Daily News that several train engines which were withdrawn from service due to minor faults had been repaired and added to the fleet on the directives of Transport [...]
The Government has accelerated the construction on the first phase of the proposed Matara-Kataragama railway line from Matara to Beliatta. A spokesman for the Transport Ministry said President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Transport Ministry’s progress review meeting held at Temple Trees recently instructed Transport Minister Kumara Welgama and Deputy Minister Rohana Dissanayake to directly intervene [...]
The tribute to the legendary Railway Engineer by a colleague B.B. Perera (Island 20/7/2010) was not merely inspiring but also brought forth to memory and focus an era in a more united land when we had public officials who placed their work and country before all else. Here was a man who virtually provided “legs” [...]
Recognising the need for a sustainable National Transport Policy the Government has decided to construct four rail tracks to ensure an efficient transport service to attract passengers and goods to the railway. Under the project, the Transport Ministry will build four rail tracks from Matara to Kataragama (127 Kms), Kurunegala to Habarana (80Kms), Avissawella to [...]
I feel it is a great privilege to write about an Engineer who made Ceylon proud among the Engineering circles in the world. He had his secondary education at Nalanda and Ananda Colleges under the tutelage of Ven. Heenaliyana Dhammaloka Thero, Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maithree, Messrs. G K W Perera, J N Jinendradasa and Cyril [...]
Work to be over before due date: Work on the Northern railway line from Thandikulam to Kankesanthurai and the Medawachchiya-Thalaimannar railway line have been expedited on Transport Minister Kumara Welgama’s instruction. India has provided 425 million US Dollars assistance to Sri Lanka for railway projects expecting speedy reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the Northern region. [...]
If Railway Department officials on the coastline service are unable to work according to a fixed timetable the Transport Ministry will suspend their service and deploy SLTB buses for the transportation of office workers who travel daily by train, Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said. The Minister was travelling on the ‘Sagarika’ train from Aluthgama to [...]