The railway network of Sri Lanka consists of 1,449 km. Railways contribute around 5% of passenger transport and 2% of goods transport. Though the accessibility to railway is not spread throughout the country it carries about 64 million passengers and almost 1.6 million metric tones of freight per annum, stated the Ministry of Finance and [...]
The Railway Department has repaired 155 railway carriages and 26 railway locomotives since 2006 and these carriages and locomotives have been successfully introduced by the Railway into regular service. The department has also successfully renovated 122 Railway Station since 2006.
The Railway has been able to construct new railway bridges over Kaluthara, Keleniya, Pingwatta, Seeduwa, Ja [...]
Sri Lankan Railways (SLR) announced yesterday that over 20 prospective suppliers have collected tender applications from the Ministry of Transport in response to a recent worldwide tender issued by the Ministry to supply 15 locomotives at a cost of over Rs.4.5billion.
“We have received a big response for the tender and more than 20 prospective suppliers [...]
The Sri Lanka Government Railways is to go through resurgence with the arrival of 15 power sets and 15 locomotive engines from China shortly and face lifting of railway stations island wide, Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said yesterday.
“We are in the process of importing locomotive engines, power sets, coaches and spare parts needed for engine [...]
The Train services are set to improve greatly from this April with the department adding another fifteen Diesel Multiple Units to their rolling stock. These new DMU’s will be used to improve the currently inadequate Office Train Services between Colombo - Aluthgama, Colombo - Gampaha and Colombo - Chilaw. This will be in addition to the arrival of the last [...]
The GMR proudly announced recently that with the arrival of 100 new carriages from China, the railway service will greatly improve.
What has happened to the railways during the last few days with almost a derailment or a railway accident per day will prove his statement wrong.
The GMR for some unknown reason hurriedly ordered hundred railway [...]
Transport Ministry will import 15 more powersets from China to improve Sri Lanka Railways transport services. The three of these power sets would arrive in June and the rest before the end of the year, Transport Ministry said in a press release.
The 300 million dollar worth power sets will be purchased on a loan provided [...]
Of the 100 railway carriages brought from China, 75 have been successfully put into operation with the existing carriages and have so far been running smoothly according to the Sri Lanka Railway (SLR).
According to SLR, the rest of the carriages are to be introduced by the end of the month. SLR also says that the [...]
