Never a day passes without some incident in the railways – derailments, delays, strikes, etc. To get to the root cause, it is best to go back to the era of the legendary B. D. Rampala and before, when the trains ran to time and derailments, accidents were very very rare.
The derailments are mainly due [...]
Running on a similar track to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) expansion project, the Sri Lanka Railways Department is making plans to construct an Internal Container Terminal (ICT) close to the commercial hub of Sri Lanka for the first time in the country’s history.
“We have already chosen Veyangoda, Ratmalana or Sapugaskanda to go ahead [...]
The All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) has requested the Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) to stop charging train commuters a fee for using the public toilets at the Fort Railway Station.
Prior to this decision by the SLR a private company was put in charge of the toilets at the Fort Railway Station and was [...]
Update 2: The Centenary Celebration is scheduled to be hold on 9th of march 2009 at 9.30 AM, this article has been updated with the new dates
Update: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the events planned for tomorrow has been postponed, the general public will be updated with the new dates shortly!
The construction of the Sri Lanka Railways [...]
Sri Lanka Railway Department has decided to limit the Vavuniya bound “Yal Devi” train once again to Medawachchiya, border city of the North Central Province.
Railway Department said they have taken this decision as the northern rail track ending at Kankasanthurai in Jaffna peninsula is currently undergoing repairs.
Due to the terrorist activities of LTTE rebels the [...]
Update: According to the GMR, the tomorrows trial run have been cancelled.
The Sri Lanka Railways will conduct trial runs from Colombo to Anuradhapura on January 16 to test whether the journey could be completed in three hours.
Speaking to the Daily News, Railway Transport Superintendent, Vijaya Samarasinghe said the Department has already conducted two trial runs from [...]
A transit shelter to house stranded passengers in the city of Colombo at night is a timely act of the Government. A Colombo University survey has revealed that over 100 passengers get stranded daily in Colombo at night.
Transport Minister Dallas Alahapperuma who laid the foundation stone for the first transit centre, named Colombagedera, quite rightly [...]
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First main line diesel locomotive used in every main line passenger transport in Ceylon. Only successful locomotive which was in operation for nearly three decades other than the Canadian Locos M2 and M4.
The legendary M1 on an up-country [...]
