Never a day passes without some incident in the railways – derailments, delays, strikes, etc. To get to the root cause, it is best to go back to the era of the legendary B. D. Rampala and before, when the trains ran to time and derailments, accidents were very very rare.
The derailments are mainly due [...]
Running on a similar track to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) expansion project, the Sri Lanka Railways Department is making plans to construct an Internal Container Terminal (ICT) close to the commercial hub of Sri Lanka for the first time in the country’s history.
“We have already chosen Veyangoda, Ratmalana or Sapugaskanda to go ahead [...]
A ceremony to transform the Megammana and Pahalathalawinna railway halts into substations will be held today in Pahalathalawinna in the Matale district with Railways General Manager Lalithasiri Gunaruwan in attendance.
The passengers have requested the department to upgrade these halts into substations for several years.
The Geli Oya substation in the Kandy district will also be upgraded [...]
Update: According to the GMR, the tomorrows trial run have been cancelled.
The Sri Lanka Railways will conduct trial runs from Colombo to Anuradhapura on January 16 to test whether the journey could be completed in three hours.
Speaking to the Daily News, Railway Transport Superintendent, Vijaya Samarasinghe said the Department has already conducted two trial runs from [...]
A large number of motor cyclists, who attempted to cross the railway crossing at Kandegoda on the Ambalangoda-Elpitiya Road when the gates were closed for the trains to pass, were arrested by the Sgt. Susantha (58470) and PC Wipula (59566) of the Ambalangoda police and were fined on the spot.
The police were on alert to [...]
Colombo to Anuradhapura in three hours
The Railway Department has successfully trial run a Class S10 DMU between Colombo Fort and Anuradhapura in just three hours. The trail run that was conducted on the 17th of December was intended to test the railway tracks that were renovated from the fifth to the 15th of this month. [...]
Train services on the main line were interrupted for over five hours last morning when a container truck hit the rail bridge at Biyagama Road, closer to Peliyagoda. The container crashed into the ‘Kalu Palama’ damaging the overhead railway lines, a railway official said.
Railway workers attending the damaged Keleniya Bridge.
I appreciate what the Transport Minister is doing for the betterment of the Government transport services such as the Railway and CTB.
I have noticed how many trains and buses are introduced to the system to uplift the service levels.
Around 3,000 employees travel by a train during office hours. So, delaying a train by half and [...]
