A powerful explosion ripped through a railway track just outside the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday causing disruption to commuter services, police said.
Police said there were no casualties following the blast at Mount Lavinia, but the Colombo-bound track was damaged and train services were suspended pending investigation.
“Fortunately there was no train passing at the time,” [...]
Named with grim irony Samudradevi, or Queen of the Sea, the train that left Colombo Fort station shortly after 6am on Sunday for its regular run to the southern city of Galle was full even by Sri Lankan standards.
As many as 1,700 passengers crammed its carriages or hung from the sides. It was a holiday [...]
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 [...]
Railways Chief Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan last night said the blast had hit the Maradana bound train after its engine and the first two compartments had passed the explosive device.
Speaking to The Island after visiting the scene of the latest attack earlier in the day, the Railways General Manager said the blast had damaged a section [...]
General Manager Railways, Dr Lalithsri Gunaruwan said that trains will operate according to schedule despite the explosion that occurred between Wellawatte and Dehiwala this morning (4th).
He confirmed that no derailment or major damage has occurred to the track apart from a dent and an opening in the track which is already being attended to. The [...]
The Railway control room says the blast near Dehiwala was along a a rail track at Wasala Road, in Dehiwala.
According to the available information explosion occurred around 7.10 a.m and minor damages reported to the railway track, police sources added.
The Police have confirmed that the blast had targeted the Panadura-Colombo office train. According to reports [...]
A bomb scare created much havoc in Panadura town last morning when a suspicious parcel was found in a train from Chilaw.
The train terminating at Panadura arrived at 8.30 am and was to leave for Colombo at 9.35 am. The passengers who noticed the unclaimed bag in a rear compartment of the train informed it [...]
Transport Minister, Dullas Alahapperuma who rushed to the scene said the explosion was obviously the work of LTTE terrorists who were breathing their last.
He explained that the LTTE had become helpless today and their communication was lost and therefore they were engaged in terror activities setting off bombs. “Terrorist who are battered and breathing their [...]
