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 [...]
The Railway Department’s General Manager, Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said that discussions are under way to purchase 20 power sets from India under a credit line.
India has also pledged a concessionary loan facility to improve the Southern railway line under the tsunami reconstruction. The Indian power sets are in addition to the 15 power sets ordered [...]
Sri Lanka Railway Department General Manager Lalithasiri Gunaruwan says that discussions are underway to purchase 20 power sets from India under a credit line.
India has also pledged a concessionary loan facility to improve the Southern railway line under tsunami reconstruction.
The Indian power sets are in addition to the 15 power sets ordered from China that [...]
The Railway Department will increase train fares to offset an annual loss of Rs. 3,981 million as a result of the soaring world oil prices and an accumulated loss for the past three decades, a spokesman for the Railway Department told the Sunday Observer.
The annual loss the Railway Department has been increasing for the past [...]
