The Manel Mal Movement has planned to take a ‘Train of Brotherhood’ from Matara to Medawachchiya carrying provisions to the soldiers who are fighting and to the people displaced by the war in the North.
Issuing a media release Dr. Gunadasa Amerasekara, Working Committee Member of the Manel Mal Movement stated the ‘Train of Brotherhood’ is [...]
A Ticket To Paradise – The olden day steam engines are still used for special trips
Taking a trip to the hill country or even travelling down south is always a beautiful experience in Sri Lanka.
The hill country is a picturesque carpet of tea bushes with majestic bungalows and quaint villages, while in the south one [...]
The Indian Government has pledged US $ 168 million to Sri Lanka to develop the island’s railways sector.
The financial assistance, provided under the Indian Credit Line (ICL) will be used to upgrade Sri Lanka’s coastal railway line hit by the 2004 tsunami and to strengthen the operating fleet of the Railways Department.
Though the coastal train [...]
The Railways Department will operate a special train service from Matara to Mihintale on June 17 for pilgrims travelling to the sacred city for the Poson festival.
According to the Transport Ministry, the free train service named Sadaham Charika will commence from Matara at 7 pm on the day before the Poson Full Moom Poya (June [...]
Government and Non Governmental Organizations were busy with planning for post tsunami reconstruction projects and relief programmes including housing projects in the aftermath of the disaster on Dec 26, 2004.
However, the tsunami-stricken people in the South are not satisfied with many of the rehabilitation projects.The proposed tsunami museum at Pereliya was one such. Several thousands [...]
A goods train derailed at Ahangama near Kataluwa on the coastal line this evening at around 3.15pm. The derailment occurred when two goods wagons jumped the rails. The goods train was heading from Galle towards Matara. The rails and sleepers on the line were damaged due to this incident. No persons were injured in the accident.
The Railway Control [...]
It has been targetted to complete the construction of the Matara – Kataragama railway line up to Beliatta by 2010 according to the Minister of Transport Dullas Alahapperuma.
The Minister said construction work of the bridge across Nilwala Ganga at Piladuwa is in progress. The bridge is a creation of the Austrian Government.
He said that the [...]
Two people were killed when the three wheeler they were travelling in was knocked down by the Matara bound Ruhunu Kumari express train from Colombo at the unprotected railway crossing at Katugoda, Galle.
The deceased were Mohamed Ramesh (45) and Mohamed Aly (40) and the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital authorities said that both of them were dead [...]
