At least 208 motor vehicles had crashed through closed gates at protected level crossings last year, the government told Parliament yesterday.
Deputy Transport Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna said ten accidents at level crossings had also resulted in 16 deaths last year, the Minister said.
Speaking during the question time, Mr. Alagiyawanna highlighted the large number of unprotected level [...]
Dec 27 car-train collision at Kurana, Katunayake
The Sri Lanka Railways said that one of the worst train-car collisions at a rail crossing could have been easily averted had the driver of the ill-fated vehicle heeded an SLAF officer’s warning. The tragedy at a Kurana-Katunayake rail crossing on December 27 claimed the lives of five persons, [...]
Amila Randhika, a student of De Mazenod College, Kandana has invented a signal grid equipment to minimise injuries caused to train commuters during an accident.
The invention is expected to minimise damage and harm caused to commuters during the train journey. Amila met Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma at the Ministry and explained features and benefits of [...]
The residents of several areas in the Kurunegala district stressed the need to erect flyover bridges to prevent accidents at the railway level crossings.
The level crossings near the Polgahawela Railway station and at Mutthuwegala create obstructions to traffic on the Kurunegala –Kegalle road and Kurunegala –Dambulla road.
The promises of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and several ministers [...]
Fort Railway Station & Signal Systems to be renovated
The Fort Railway Station and the Signal Systems along the coastal railway line are to be renovated with funds made available under the Indian Credit Line facility. The agreement to this effect has already been signed between the relevant authorities and the work on these projects are [...]
The Railways Department is to install a new protective device at unprotected level crossings in an effort to prevent the loss of lives and the destruction of vehicles due to collisions with speeding trains at such level crossings. In the past, hundreds of lives have been lost annually due to accidents of this nature. Financial [...]
Although I am not a rail commuter I had always a liking to travel by train. When Mr. J. M. Dharmaratne was the Operating Superintendent, on his instructions I travelled in the guard locomotive (as I remember manufacturers were Bayer Peacock of Leeds (subject to correction) from Nanuoya to Badulla and back. Going through Pattipola [...]
