The Indian company engaged in reconstructing the northern railway tracks had imported 18,500 tons of rails required for the lines from Madawachchiya to Madhu, extending to Thalai- Mannar, officials said yesterday. The steering committee appointed to monitor the implementation of five railway projects in the North met for the first time, where the timely completion [...]
Sri Lanka Minister of Transport Kumara Welgama will declare open the dual track Colombo – Ja-Ela railway line today. The railway from Colombo to Puttalam was single track since its beginning, making the journey slow due to train crossings that needed stopping one train. Sri Lanka Railway Department developed the second track from Ragama to [...]
Sri Lanka Railways will launch a new rail bus service between Gal Oya junction and Trincomalee under the Negenahira Navodaya project from May 26. The inauguration will take place at the Gal Oya railway station under the patronage of Transport Minister Kumara Welgama and Deputy Transport Minister Rohana Kumara Dissanayake, a Sri Lanka Railways Spokesman [...]
Increased freight transport has helped Sri Lanka’s state-owned railway department sharply reduce losses in 2010, according to the central bank. It said the performance of Sri Lanka Railways was mixed in 2010 with a drop in the number of people carried but an increase in goods transport. Passenger kilometreage of Sri Lanka Railways fell 4.7 [...]
Every now and then we hear of a collision at an unprotected level crossing. This has become so common these days, that the gravity of these accidents is not realised. When a vehicle collides with a train at an unprotected railway crossing, the media makes a big case for the provision of gates or automatic [...]
In the mid-1960s, the railways had a program to upgrade tracks and bridges in the system in order to permit heavier axle loads and higher speeds that have been proposed. Accordingly, the wrought iron bridge across Mahakandarawewa at 138m 40c near Medawachchiya on the Northern Line to Jaffna – consisting of three spans of 60ft [...]