It is with regret that we report Colombo – Nanu-Oya Intercity Express, on of the fastest trains in Sri Lanka has been suspended from last week due to lack of passenger interest. It was reported that there were only 7 passengers were on the train when the train had a locomotive failure at Ihala Kotte [...]
Railway commuters had to undergo numerous hardships due to a strike launched by the Railway Locomotive Engineers Union during the weekend. The union has decided not to report for work on public holidays as a protest against the suspension of some of its members including its President.
Department sources said that only 90 train routes out [...]
I was ten years old then, and living with my parents in our ancestral village of Galwadugoda, Galle. Our house was situated besides the railway track – the Coast Line that ran from Colombo to Galle and Matara. As many a child of that age would do, I spent long hours of my leisure near [...]
December 27 is a red letter day for the railway in Sri Lanka. On this day in 1964, Sri Lanka Railway celebrated its centenary. Now the railway is 144 years old. It was on this day in 1864 that the first train steamed out from Colombo to Ambepussa.
The railway has come a long way since. [...]
The Sri Lanka Railway Department is to introduce four new Intercity Express train services from Colombo Fort to Trincomalee, Batticoloa and Badulla from the 1st of January 2009. These new Intercity Express train services will address the long felt needs of the people of Trincomalee, Batticoloa and Badulla.
The new Trincomalee Intercity Express train will leave [...]
Nanu Oya Intercity Express
The Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) last week launched a new express train to Nanuoya, one of the main railway towns upcountry, targeting to attract local and foreign tourists.
Nanuoya is the closest railway station to the Nuwara Eliya town, which is about 10 kilometres (six miles) away. The new intercity express train provides [...]
Two new daily intercity express trains to ply between Fort and Nanuoya will be introduced to the public from tomorrow. One of the new trains will leave Fort Railway Station at 8:35a.m. and reach Nanuoya at 2:10 p.m. The second train will leave Nanuoya at 3:20 p.m. and arrive in Colombo at 9 p.m.
“Until now [...]
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 [...]
