The railway track from Medawachchiya to Talaimannar is to be re-erected. The Ircon company of India is in charge of construction. Minister Kumara Welgama and the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Ashok K. Khanth signed the relevant agreement at the transport ministry today.
The railway line is to be constructed under [...]
Railway employees are up in arms against the government’s decision to permit Indian Right Company (IRC) to get down 4000 Indian labourers for the Southern coastal railway track upgrading work, All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) said.
The Indian Right Company (IRC) was awarded the contract for the project on August 1, 2007, allowing them [...]
A group consisting of Indian Railway Department engineers and technicians has arrived in the North to commence work on the reconstruction of the railway tracks and railway stations from Oamanthai to Kaangkeasanthu’rai (KKS), a project which India earlier announced as aid to Sri Lanka, sources in Vavuniyaa said.
The Indian engineers and technicians presently located in [...]
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 [...]
A powerful explosion ripped through a railway track just outside the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday causing disruption to commuter services, police said.
Police said there were no casualties following the blast at Mount Lavinia, but the Colombo-bound track was damaged and train services were suspended pending investigation.
“Fortunately there was no train passing at the time,” [...]
Named with grim irony Samudradevi, or Queen of the Sea, the train that left Colombo Fort station shortly after 6am on Sunday for its regular run to the southern city of Galle was full even by Sri Lankan standards.
As many as 1,700 passengers crammed its carriages or hung from the sides. It was a holiday [...]
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 [...]
If you have never taken a train ride from Colombo to Bandarawela or vice versa you’ve missed a lot. The slow, slumbering journey upwards, as you watch the sun appear through the misty mountains and soft rain is a memorable scene.
The journey starts 6 in the morning and after nearly one hour the best part [...]
