Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma has taken measures to construct a transit center for passengers stranded in Colombo during the nights on a special directive by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Minister Dulles Alahapperuma laying the foundation stone for Colomba Gedara.
It was a tragic end for a young company employee who fell to his death while trying to board a moving train at the Ragama railway station last week.
The victim was identified as W. Kusal Indrajith Perera (24), a trainee at Dialog Telecom.
W. Wilbert, the driver of the train told the coroner’s inquest that he [...]
Nanu Oya Intercity Express
The Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) last week launched a new express train to Nanuoya, one of the main railway towns upcountry, targeting to attract local and foreign tourists.
Nanuoya is the closest railway station to the Nuwara Eliya town, which is about 10 kilometres (six miles) away. The new intercity express train provides [...]
A new “Rest Room” for transit railway passengers is to be set up close to the Fort railway station next year, Transport Ministry sources revealed. The “Rest Room” cost of Rs.15 million will come in the form of a grant by a Chinese company, in response to a request made by the Sri Lankan government.
The [...]
Yal Devi made her maiden journey on April 23, 1956, with two other trains, Udarata Menike and Ruhunu Kumari and because of this many, Sri Lankans considered them as three sisters.
Trains no longer arrive at the Jaffna railway station. The familiar ‘kuchu kuchu’ of locomotive engines and the ‘hoooooo’ of their whistles, no longer rent [...]
This article about the Jaffna Railway was first published by the Lines Magazine in 2004.
On August the 1st 1905 a train trundled its way into the newly built Jaffna railway station to be greeted by an expectant crowd. It was the first train travelling the through route from Colombo to Jaffna on tracks which had [...]
Pressing passenger issues must be addressed
Utter mayhem broke loose at Fort Railway Station a few days ago when a group of enraged passengers started attacking the railway workers and damaging the railway property.
Although it may seem just another case of civil unrest, caused by a single incident of trains being delayed, it commands a closer [...]
The first train to Ambepussa from Co lombo (a distance of 54 km) began its historic journey on December 27, 1864. People who had come to see the `iron horse` rushed to have a look at the belching locomotive of the train, which they had never seen before.
Obviously, the railway would have caused a stir [...]
