“Don’t be a fool, Girigoris” said Weerakoon, the foreman of the tunnel gang, Way and Works department, to his Minor Supervisor. They were getting down from the special service train near the tunnel No. 18, Pattipola, to unload the men, material and equipment from the train brought along with them for the purpose of carrying [...]
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 [...]
A deadly train-car collision which occurred yesterday at Kurana-Katunayake rail crossing around 10.15 a.m. resulted in the death of five family members including his wife, his two children and their grandmother. The husband who sustained serious injuries and admitted to the Colombo National Hospital, succumbed to his injuries at the Colombo National Hospital, Police Media [...]
Colombo to Anuradhapura in three hours
The Railway Department has successfully trial run a Class S10 DMU between Colombo Fort and Anuradhapura in just three hours. The trail run that was conducted on the 17th of December was intended to test the railway tracks that were renovated from the fifth to the 15th of this month. [...]
Train services on the main line were interrupted for over five hours last morning when a container truck hit the rail bridge at Biyagama Road, closer to Peliyagoda. The container crashed into the ‘Kalu Palama’ damaging the overhead railway lines, a railway official said.
Railway workers attending the damaged Keleniya Bridge.
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 Transport Ministry is developing the Kandy-Gampola-Kadugannawa railway line triangle to reduce travel time from Colombo to Kandy by 15-20 minutes.
A Ministry spokesman told the Daily News that arrangements had been made to remove operational barriers on the mainline at Peradeniya while work has commenced to double line of the Kandy-Peradeniya (six Km) line.
It has [...]
Several families living along the Meethotamulla railway line in Kolonnawa have been asked by the Railway Department to demolish their illegal constructions. Meanwhile the people living in the area allege that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has plans to place an additional pipe line in this area as well.
However, they have not received any compensation or [...]
