Sri Lanka transport officials have estimated that nearly Rs. 4 billion is needed for the renovation of the Northern rail track which has severely damaged due to the war in the past decade.
According to the Transport Ministry an assessment report has already been compiled on the damages caused to the rail track and other equipment. [...]
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 Railway Department has decided to limit the Vavuniya bound “Yal Devi” train once again to Medawachchiya, border city of the North Central Province.
Railway Department said they have taken this decision as the northern rail track ending at Kankasanthurai in Jaffna peninsula is currently undergoing repairs.
Due to the terrorist activities of LTTE rebels the [...]
Dec 27 car-train collision at Kurana, Katunayake
The Sri Lanka Railways said that one of the worst train-car collisions at a rail crossing could have been easily averted had the driver of the ill-fated vehicle heeded an SLAF officer’s warning. The tragedy at a Kurana-Katunayake rail crossing on December 27 claimed the lives of five persons, [...]
Although it was estimated that one billion rupees would be needed to repair the damage, caused to the Southern rail track, by the tsunami of four years ago, a group of railway employees volunteered their service and completed the restoration of the track, which experts said would take one year, in 57 days at a [...]
The Railway control room says the blast near Dehiwala was along a a rail track at Wasala Road, in Dehiwala.
According to the available information explosion occurred around 7.10 a.m and minor damages reported to the railway track, police sources added.
The Police have confirmed that the blast had targeted the Panadura-Colombo office train. According to reports [...]
