Sri Lanka government plans to launch its first rail bus service between Trincomalee and Batticaloa, in the Eastern Province of the country from next January.
M.A.L.M Hisbullah, one of the senior ministers in the Eastern Provincial Council said the new rail bus service will commence with 4 buses on January 14th with the assistance of the [...]
New Intercity Express
A new Intercity Express train service between Colombo Fort and Nanu-Oya will be launched by the Railway Department with effect from the 1st of December. This new service will address the long felt need of people travelling to Nuwera Eliya and thus more room will be available on the two Menikes for people [...]
Following the contradictory announcements regarding the closure or otherwise of the Fort Railway Station for the SAARC Summit, police announced yesterday that the station would remain open for operations but that no trains would run within the Colombo High Security Zone.
Western Province senior DIG Nimal Mediwaka said that, since the High Security Zone includes Slave [...]
The June 1 rail fare increase will have little impact on the recurring annual loss of approximately 7.5 billion rupees, General Manager Railways Dr. Lalithsiri Gunaruwan said at a press conference yesterday.
The revenue last year had been 2.5 billion rupees while the expenditure stood at 10 billion rupees. The railway season ticket scheme had been [...]
Minister of Transport Dullas Alahapperuma proposes to recruit nearly 600 retired security persons to be deployed as security staff for the Ceylon Transport Board and the Railway in view of the prevailing security threats and recent explosions in public transport services carried out by the LTTE that claimed a number of civilian lives.
Of these, 440 [...]
Sri Lanka railways will almost double rail fares to reduce losses and its dependence on government handouts as fuel prices continue to move up, officials said.
From Monday fares of privately owned buses were raised by 27.2 percent and state-run buses by 17.0 percent. Rail fares were last raised in 2005, but bus fares have been [...]
The Railway Department has announced that new interconnecting train services from Medawachchiya towards Vavuniya will start operating from next week.
Presently due to security reasons, most train services terminate at Anuradhapura, while only the Yaazh Devi and Night Mail trains like are allowed up to Medawachchiya. The passengers then have to travel by buses towards Vavuniya [...]
The Railway Ministry’s alleged deal with Caltex Lubricants to revamp the Kandy Railway Station has raised concern among the railway employees The Morning Leader learns.
Railways Minister Dulles Alahapperuma had recently arrived at an agreement with Caltex Lubricants to revamp the Kandy Railway Station amidst strong protests by the railway employees when there was no need [...]
