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 [...]
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 [...]
The token strike in the railway service scheduled for today has been called off by the Railway Services Combined Trade Union Alliance (RSCTUA) following a discussion with Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma, the trade union leaders said yesterday. “We had a discussion with Minister Alahapperuma and his officials this morning and we were given an assurance [...]
Railway lands to be utilized with private sector help to develop railway service. The Sri Lanka Railways will secure the assistance of the private sector to refurbish 320 railway stations in the country. The department has drawn up plans to utilize a land area of 13,000 acres it owns to the maximum benefit, Transport Minister [...]
It is heartening to note that the Minister Dullas Allahapperum is taking measures to improve the state of railway transportation in the country. He has already imported new compartments from China and has hopes to import more in the future. It is not only the increase in the number of compartments and engines that is [...]