“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, [...]
The Railways Department will operate a special train service from Matara to Mihintale on June 17 for pilgrims travelling to the sacred city for the Poson festival.
According to the Transport Ministry, the free train service named Sadaham Charika will commence from Matara at 7 pm on the day before the Poson Full Moom Poya (June [...]
Surprise checks will be carried out in trains and SLTB and private buses, to ensure the safety of commuters, trains, buses and property, a spokesman of the Ministry of Transport said yesterday.
The Ministry’s security officers will assist the police and armed forces to conduct surprise checks and help to keep possible terrorist acts in check. [...]
The Railways Department has upgraded the signal system on the coastal railway line at a cost of Rs 80 million.
The operation of the signal system which was installed with the assistance of the Netherlands Government was handed over to the railway main control room in Colombo yesterday. “Under the project, a technologically advanced signal system [...]
The recent closing of a Transport Ministry tender for 15 rail locomotives has brought back the ghosts of the last such tender.
Out of 10 French locomotives imported in 2000 at a cost of Rs 1.9 billion, seven of them were non functional and had to be scrapped due to various electrical and mechanical problems stemming [...]
The Transport Ministry has made special arrangements to provide additional transport facilities to the public on account of Vesak celebrations, a ministry spokesman said.
Accordingly additional trains will be on service from Fort, Batticaloa, Anuradhapura, Mahawa, Aluthgama, Maradana, Galle, Badulla, Hatton, Rambukkana and Kandy at 40 minutes intervals up to May 21, the Ministry announced.
Meanwhile putting [...]
The Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) will purchase another 20 new power sets from India, Transport Ministry sources said. The new power sets will be used for long distance travel and this is the first time the CGR purchased power sets for long distance travel.
The new power sets will be purchased under the Indian Credit Line [...]
The Transport Ministry, in association with the Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs, has begun operations on 20 new bus routes from today, to ease travel between workplaces and railway stations, Transport Ministry spokesman Sumith Weerasinghe said.
“This programme is the brainchild of Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma. It has been designed on the findings of [...]
