The new railway carriages purchased for the Sri Lanka Railways from China will make their first journey next week from Colombo to Matara.
According to the Railways Department, 10 out of the 25 Chinese railway carriages which arrived in the country last month will be attached to the Ruhunu Kumari express train operating from Colombo to [...]
“Look at these new coaches. They are made of stainless steel. A proud announcement was made that it was to avoid corrosion on the coastline. If that is the case, all the railway bridges along that line must be made of stainless steel. Have you ever seen stainless steel ships? Why couldn’t they use aluminium [...]
General Manager of the Railway has proposed a threefold hike in the travel fare if the loss making Sri Lankan Railway is to be salvaged. The Railway incurs a loss of 42 cents for every passenger per kilometer. The Railway charges 48 cents from a passenger per kilometer. However, the General Manager of the Railway [...]
The recently imported Chinese railway carriages will be in operation from mid October, General Manager of the Sri Lanka Railways Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said.
“Obtaining an International Standard Certificate for running conditions of the carriages on all railway tracks in the island is very important and these will be carried out before transporting passengers,” Dr. Gunaruwan [...]
New railway compartments imported from china have been put in to a test run. 100 such railway carriages are to be brought down to Sri Lanka from china. Of this 25 compartments were received by the railway authorities.
New Chinese railway compartments have been put in to a test run from Maradana railway station to Polgahawela [...]
