Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said that the Transport Ministry was contemplating the reduction of railway ticket fares in tandem with the bus fares reduction after the decrease in the diesel fuel prices announced by the government in the New Year’ relief package. He said the decision on whether to reduce the train ticket fares would be taken next [...]
Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma and his Railway officials have taken their own government by surprise.
The Sri Lanka Railway as we all know has a huge debt burden besides being a loss making venture. Despite all that however, the Railway has resorted to acts of generosity in issuing iron rails free of charge even to private [...]
Although I am not a rail commuter I had always a liking to travel by train. When Mr. J. M. Dharmaratne was the Operating Superintendent, on his instructions I travelled in the guard locomotive (as I remember manufacturers were Bayer Peacock of Leeds (subject to correction) from Nanuoya to Badulla and back. Going through Pattipola [...]
