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 [...]
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 [...]
I appreciate what the Transport Minister is doing for the betterment of the Government transport services such as the Railway and CTB.
I have noticed how many trains and buses are introduced to the system to uplift the service levels.
Around 3,000 employees travel by a train during office hours. So, delaying a train by half and [...]
Sri Lana’s government plans to deregulate railway freight rates and invite private sector participation to increase movement of goods by rail, according to a new transport policy unveiled recently.
“Railway freight tariffs will be de-regulated and the Sri Lanka Railways will be permitted to determine tariffs competitively to attract freight transport from road to rail,” the [...]
The Railways Department is to install a new protective device at unprotected level crossings in an effort to prevent the loss of lives and the destruction of vehicles due to collisions with speeding trains at such level crossings. In the past, hundreds of lives have been lost annually due to accidents of this nature. Financial [...]
The Sri Lanka Government Railways is to go through resurgence with the arrival of 15 power sets and 15 locomotive engines from China shortly and face lifting of railway stations island wide, Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said yesterday.
“We are in the process of importing locomotive engines, power sets, coaches and spare parts needed for engine [...]
About 5000 are employed whose jobs are attached to the All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) are threatening to launch trade union action if the department fails to grant them an eight hour shift.
Transport Ministry secretary Nihal Somaweera says the eight-hour shift cannot be applied to certain technical categories in the Sri Lanka Railways [...]
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 Dulles [...]
