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.
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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 [...]
A solution to the maddening rush hour traffic gridlock in Colombo is now a few years away with the Government expected to finalise, within 90 days, all aspects of the construction of an electric Mass Rapid Transit System by an Indian investor.
Adiga S. Nagaraj, a Director of NEB Rapid Infrastructure Projects Pvt. Ltd. which has [...]
