In his efforts to improve the Railway Service, Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma has instructed railway authorities to replace 20 years old coaches of Yal Devi with Chinese-built new coaches which have modern facilities that include a public music system, spokesman for the Ministry Sumith Chandana Weerasingha said.
The department has imported 100 train coaches built to [...]
The Railway Department has repaired 155 railway carriages and 26 railway locomotives since 2006 and these carriages and locomotives have been successfully introduced by the Railway into regular service. The department has also successfully renovated 122 Railway Station since 2006.
The Railway has been able to construct new railway bridges over Kaluthara, Keleniya, Pingwatta, Seeduwa, Ja [...]
The Ministry of Transport has planned to modernise all railway stations along the coastal belt in collaboration with the private sector which will be authorised to construct multi-storey buildings at the stations and renovate them.
The first phase of the project will include 12 railway stations where the private sector companies will be called upon to [...]
