Sri Lanka Railway Department is to receive 50 out of the ordered 100 railway carriages from China on 12th December 2007.
The carriage-strapped Railway is receiving 75 new carriages a new with the arrival of these carriages.
The first batch of 25 carriages arrived in Sri Lanka in September and they are now coupled to existing trains. The rest [...]
In a positive development in the country’s rail system, an experimental run of two Chinese carriages was carried out successfully by the Railway Department recently.
The experimental run was carried out in order to determine whether the carriages are fit to run on the country’s existing railway lines.
Speaking to The Morning Leader, General Manager, Sri Lanka [...]
Sri Lanka Railway Department General Manager Lalithasiri Gunaruwan says that discussions are underway to purchase 20 power sets from India under a credit line.
India has also pledged a concessionary loan facility to improve the Southern railway line under tsunami reconstruction.
The Indian power sets are in addition to the 15 power sets ordered from China that [...]
Minister Dulles Alahapperuma is optimistic of making the train service the country’s leading passenger transport service as assured in the “Mahinda Chintana”.
Speaking at a ceremony organised to introduce the new railway carriages imported from China to service, the Minister said this was only a beginning. He recalled that the President in launching the “Mahinda Chintana” [...]
Sri Lanka Railway’s Ruhunu Kumari express train that leaves for Matara from Colombo, Maradana railway station at 3.40 PM, tomorrow will be coupled with nine of the newly imported 25 railway carriages from China, announced the Railway Department.
Three of these third class carriages will be put for the second class temporarily since the ordered second class [...]
The new railway carriages purchased for the Sri Lanka Railways from China will make their first journey next week from Colombo to Matara.
According to the Railways Department, 10 out of the 25 Chinese railway carriages which arrived in the country last month will be attached to the Ruhunu Kumari express train operating from Colombo to [...]
“Look at these new coaches. They are made of stainless steel. A proud announcement was made that it was to avoid corrosion on the coastline. If that is the case, all the railway bridges along that line must be made of stainless steel. Have you ever seen stainless steel ships? Why couldn’t they use aluminium [...]
General Manager of the Railway has proposed a threefold hike in the travel fare if the loss making Sri Lankan Railway is to be salvaged. The Railway incurs a loss of 42 cents for every passenger per kilometer. The Railway charges 48 cents from a passenger per kilometer. However, the General Manager of the Railway [...]
