General Manager of Sri Lanka Railway E.A.P. Ariyarathna says that 13 new power set trains will be imported from China next year. The trains will be purchased from Chinese government under an agreement that has been signed. They are to be dispatched to Sri Lanka in April, says the official. The trains imported under a [...]
The entire fleet of trains of the Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) is to be equipped with modern safety devices including Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to ensure the safety of passengers and crew and minimise accidents, Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said. He said 10 trains have already been installed with GPS in a pilot project and [...]
Yal Devi, the popular Northern line express train from Fort to Jaffna will resume its run after 20 years between the two main cities in the end of 2013 once the track between Pallai and KKS was restored by the Indians in two years, Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said today. The agreement for the reconstruction [...]
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