Between August 1 and 4, during the SAARC Summit , all trains arriving in Colombo on the main line from points north of Colombo will not terminate at Maradana as earlier planned but proceed a stage further to Colombo Fort. Trains to Colombo along the coast line will terminate at Bambalapitiya which neighbours the High [...]
Following the contradictory announcements regarding the closure or otherwise of the Fort Railway Station for the SAARC Summit, police announced yesterday that the station would remain open for operations but that no trains would run within the Colombo High Security Zone. Western Province senior DIG Nimal Mediwaka said that, since the High Security Zone includes [...]
Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda has made arrangements to provide access facilities to railway stations for the use of the disabled, Minister’s Coordinating Secretary Nelson S. Edirisinghe said. Edirisinghe said as Head of the National Council of the Persons with Disabilities, Devananda has granted Rs. 931,617 to Sri Lanka Railways General Manager [...]
From Roundabouts to Flyovers: The way out of traffic congestion is not Roadway but Railway! “In a move to ease the traffic congestion, the Government will construct 16 flyovers and interchanges in the main cities in Colombo and suburbs shortly”, said a report in the Daily News about a recent government announcement. The report went [...]