While Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma recently laid the foundation stone for the proposed dormitory for train and bus commuters in Colombo, the pro – JVP Railway Trade Unions want the sanitation facilities at the Fort Railway Station, presently controlled by a private company, to be taken back by the Railway Department, as commuters had to [...]
December 27 is a red letter day for the railway in Sri Lanka. On this day in 1964, Sri Lanka Railway celebrated its centenary. Now the railway is 144 years old. It was on this day in 1864 that the first train steamed out from Colombo to Ambepussa.
The railway has come a long way since. [...]
The new fares which will be implemented from December 1, 2008.
Amended Charges per Kilometer:
Distance
1st Class
2nd Class
3rd Class
0 – 10 km
Rs. 3.60
Rs. 2.00
Rs. 1.10
11 – 50 km
Rs. 3.30
Rs. 1.80
Rs. 1.00
51 – 100 km
Rs. 2.80
Rs. 1.50
Rs. 0.85
101 – 200 km
Rs. 2.10
Rs. 1.20
Rs. 0.65
200 km >
Rs. 1.60
Rs. 0.90
Rs. 0.50
Current Charges per Kilometer:
Sri Lanka Railways General Manager, Dr.Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said that though the Government was compelled to raise rail fares after a lapse of three years from midnight yesterday it had taken into consideration school children and university students who travel on season tickets by granting a subsidy of almost 90%.
He said the government had also taken [...]
The Train Halt No.1 between Wadduwa and Kalutara North Railway station on the coastal railway line is the only nameless railway station in the country, perhaps in the whole world, identified by a number.
It is said the naming of the railway station located on the boundary of Waskaduwa and Potupitiya villages created a dispute. When [...]
Cancellation of the last train to Panadura has resulted in hardships to hundreds of commuters from several areas including Bandaragama, and Horana.
The train which was scheduled to leave Maradana at 8.35 pm is not in operation at present and every day the time of the train from Slave Island to Koralawella is marked ‘cancelled’ in [...]
