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		<title>Passenger Transit shelters: A timely move</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/12/23/passenger-transit-shelters-a-timely-move</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SLRF Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A transit shelter to house stranded passengers in the city of Colombo at night is a timely act of the Government. A Colombo University survey has revealed that over 100 passengers get stranded daily in Colombo at night.
Transport Minister Dallas Alahapperuma who laid the foundation stone for the first transit centre, named Colombagedera, quite rightly [...]


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		<title>Transport sector revitalised &#8211; Minister Alahapperuma</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/12/22/transport-sector-revitalised-minister-alahapperuma</link>
		<comments>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/12/22/transport-sector-revitalised-minister-alahapperuma#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“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, [...]


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		<title>Proposals for railway link between Lanka and India</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/12/03/proposals-for-railway-link-between-lanka-and-india</link>
		<comments>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/12/03/proposals-for-railway-link-between-lanka-and-india#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SLRF Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposal to build a railway line between Sri Lanka and India has been included in the agenda of the next SAARC Transport Ministers meeting to be held in Sri Lanka, a senior Minister said yesterday.
Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma told parliament at the committee stage debate of the Transport Ministry that his Ministry was working [...]


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		<title>Train fares up from june</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/05/27/train-fares-up-from-june</link>
		<comments>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/05/27/train-fares-up-from-june#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 03:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SLRF Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Train fares will be increased from June 1 to offset the current diesel price hike, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.
Addressing the media yesterday, Minister Alahapperuma said an evaluation of the fare increase will be done soon.
The Minister assured that the fare revision will be lower than the recent CTB bus fare increase of 17 percent [...]


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		<title>More stations on Batticaloa line</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/03/07/more-stations-on-batticaloa-polonnaruwa-line</link>
		<comments>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/03/07/more-stations-on-batticaloa-polonnaruwa-line#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SLRF Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A train service between Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa not operated in the last few years due to terrorist activity, will be re-commenced by the Government under the Nagenahira Navodaya programme.
Fulfilling another pledge in the Mahinda Chinthana to upgrade infrastructure facilities like transport in the liberated areas, this step would vastly cater to the community needs of [...]


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		<title>Twenty more DMU’s to arrive from India</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/02/14/twenty-more-dmu%e2%80%99s-to-arrive-from-india</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SLRF Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty powersets will be imported from India under the Indian Credit Line next year to complement the 15 to be imported from China.
These 35 powersets will augment the present train services by end 2009 to ensure a comfortable ride for commuters, said Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma.
Conducting a press briefing in the Kandy-Colombo Intercity Train on [...]


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		<title>Railways on the Right Track</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/02/01/railways-on-the-right-track</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SLRF Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma has underlined the importance of the country’s train service in the passenger transport sector. Minister Alahapperuma said he was planning to re-energise the country’s train service and make it more popular with the commuters.
The Minister no doubt will have his work cut out given the state of affairs in the Railways [...]


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		<title>Thirty-eight billion to improve transport sector</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/01/05/38-billion-to-improve-transport-sector</link>
		<comments>http://www.slrfc.org/2008/01/05/38-billion-to-improve-transport-sector#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government for the first time in history has decided to allocate funds amounting to Rs. 38 billion to improve the national transport sector to provide a better service for commuters in 2008, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.
Speaking at a ceremony organised to mark the 50th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Transport Board, the Minister [...]


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