Much time and money is being devoted by the media to the subject of mishaps occurring at railway crossings.
Why are there barriers or warnings signs on the approach to railway lines? It is because the railway has priority over all other forms of traffic. A railway engine pulls hundreds of tons at speed and requires [...]
A railway union is alleging that certain officials at the Railways Department are trying to defraud 4,55,332 rupees which had been approved for the repair of a train engine. The department had handed over the engine to Dimo Limited for repairs on 15 October 2007 and the company had estimated 4,55,332 rupees for the job.
Even [...]
The causes which led to the decline of the railway are legion, running back to 1970 May. Enumerating the causes would run into hundreds of pages. To put it briefly the problem is mainly due to the railways being modelled on the British system, having been introduced by the Britishers when the island was a [...]
Schedules of some trains have been altered due to repairs on the tracks between Pothuhera and Kurunegala from December 02 to December 15, say Sri Lanka Railways.
The train leaving Colombo Fort to Anuradhapura at 10.40 am will leave at 12.00 noon.
The train leaving Anuradhapura to Colombo Fort at 8.40 am will leave at 11.40 am.
The [...]
At long last, the proposed third platform at the Peradeniya station has become a reality. The newly constructed platform was commissioned for use on 1st December. The opening of this long proposed third platform will cut train travel by as much as 20 minutes and enable all upcountry trains to stop at Peradeniya.
Previously all upcountry [...]
Between August 1 and 4, during the SAARC Summit , all trains arriving in Colombo on the main line from points north of Colombo will not terminate at Maradana as earlier planned but proceed a stage further to Colombo Fort. Trains to Colombo along the coast line will terminate at Bambalapitiya which neighbours the High [...]
The colour light signal and communication system of railways has been further extended at a cost of Rs. 3 billion, Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said yesterday.
“On the coast line, colour light signals have been installed up to Matara and are controlled by the main centralized control panel at Maradana. Colour light facility is available up [...]
Following the contradictory announcements regarding the closure or otherwise of the Fort Railway Station for the SAARC Summit, police announced yesterday that the station would remain open for operations but that no trains would run within the Colombo High Security Zone.
Western Province senior DIG Nimal Mediwaka said that, since the High Security Zone includes Slave [...]
