The Colombo bound “Samudradevi” express train from Galle was held up for more than one hour at Ambalangoda railway station last morning due to a protest staged by the passengers compelling the authorities to provide adequate facilities in the train. The protestors, most of whom were regular travellers including government servants, obstructed the railway line [...]
Sri Lanka’s long-neglected railway system can be a more useful complement to roads and could take up much of the bulk freight transport, reducing traffic jams significantly. In a recent BIG Issue interview the Colombo Mayor stated that every effort will be taken to reduce the traffic problem in curtailing the inflow and outflow of [...]
Named with grim irony Samudradevi, or Queen of the Sea, the train that left Colombo Fort station shortly after 6am on Sunday for its regular run to the southern city of Galle was full even by Sri Lankan standards.
As many as 1,700 passengers crammed its carriages or hung from the sides. It was a holiday [...]
The Sagarika Express Train which was travelling from Matara to Matale through Colombo Fort derailed today at Polkotuwa, Beruwala. Due to the derailment all trains between Colombo Fort and Matara will be significently delayed.
Only the locomotive of the Sagarika train had jumped the tracks and no persons were injured due to the derailment and only [...]
The collection stall was open for five days in front of the Colombo Fort Railway Station. A poor schoolchild may have contributed a bottle of water and even beggars were seen to give a few rupees. The thought and the motivation to contribute were as important as the contribution itself.
The “Train of Brotherhood” collected about [...]
Commemorating the fourth anniversary of Sri Lanka’s unprecedented tragedy of the deadly Tsunami, the Railway Department is scheduled to launch today the repaired engine of the train that was struck by the tsunami in 2004.
The historical first journey of the engine will commence at about 6:30 a.m. today from the Fort Railway station with the participation of [...]
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 [...]
The Brotherhood Train left from Matara in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka on Saturday (22) collecting essential items for the soldiers fighting in the battlefronts of northern province and the civilians trapped in the war zone reached Medawachchiya in the North Central Province Monday (24) night.
The Manel Mal (Water Lilly) Movement in collaboration with [...]
