What triggered my memory was an old (very) studio photo of my childhood self staring glumly at the camera while my infant sister timidly leaned towards me. Proudly embossed at the photo’s bottom was “Terminus Studio”. I seem to remember this venerable institution yet standing, till the early 1950s, on the triangular corner where Panchikawatta [...]
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 [...]
The 5.45 a.m. Yal Devi Express Train from Colombo which terminated at Medawachiya on the Northern line will be extended to Vavuniya from today (December 16).
GMR Lalithsiri Gunaruwan getting down from Yal Devi at Vavuniya
The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union (SLRSMU) yesterday urged the Railway Authorities to recruit personnel according to the old recruitment procedure as the amendments proposed by No. 6/2006 Circular have not been implemented yet.
SLRSMU President K.V. Jayasena told the Daily News yesterday that the authorities should take immediate action to fill the 200 vacancies [...]
This is not just an unruly group of passengers who interrupted the duties of the SLR men. I was part of the huge crowd of the Kelani Valley (KV) railway line who gathered to protest and asked for a remedy to the delays in the KV line. Delays of 30min-1.5hrs have become the norm for [...]
Railways Chief Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan last night said the blast had hit the Maradana bound train after its engine and the first two compartments had passed the explosive device.
Speaking to The Island after visiting the scene of the latest attack earlier in the day, the Railways General Manager said the blast had damaged a section [...]
The Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) has increased train fares with effect from today (01) to offset the exorbitant costs incurred as a result of the current fuel price hike.
According to the new fare revision the minimum fare for a 3rd Class tickets will be Rs.10/, while Second Class and First Class passengers will have to [...]
Train fares will be increased from June 1 to offset the current diesel price hike, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.
Addressing the media yesterday, Minister Alahapperuma said an evaluation of the fare increase will be done soon.
The Minister assured that the fare revision will be lower than the recent CTB bus fare increase of 17 percent [...]
