“There was a time the Railways had been totally neglected and destined to a natural death. The 20% share of passenger transport by train in the National Transport had been reduced to 6% during this time. The plan was for the Railways to be fragmented and sold. But after the Mahinda Rajapaksa government was elected, [...]
Sri Lanka railways will almost double rail fares to reduce losses and its dependence on government handouts as fuel prices continue to move up, officials said.
From Monday fares of privately owned buses were raised by 27.2 percent and state-run buses by 17.0 percent. Rail fares were last raised in 2005, but bus fares have been [...]
Twenty new rail bus routes are to be started – splendid show!
The many red vehicles on our roads seem simple testimony of good dividends. Vehicles aplenty should also guarantee good driving to ensure comfortable travel. Driver training school staff should play a big hand in this with ‘back seat’ shadow work.
The ‘D’ type of smaller [...]
Two people were killed when the three wheeler they were travelling in was knocked down by the Matara bound Ruhunu Kumari express train from Colombo at the unprotected railway crossing at Katugoda, Galle.
The deceased were Mohamed Ramesh (45) and Mohamed Aly (40) and the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital authorities said that both of them were dead [...]
