India has pledged to provide rail buses to be operated between Batticaloa and Trincomalee and Colombo, Health Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council M.L.A.M. Hizbullah said yesterday.
Accordingly, 67 sets of rail buses will be given to improve the transport services. Each set comprises two buses, and more can be added if the need arises. Seven [...]
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 [...]
Sri Lanka’s long-neglected railway system can be a more useful complement to roads and could take up much of the bulk freight transport, reducing traffic jams significantly. In a recent BIG Issue interview the Colombo Mayor stated that every effort will be taken to reduce the traffic problem in curtailing the inflow and outflow of [...]
“Don’t be a fool, Girigoris” said Weerakoon, the foreman of the tunnel gang, Way and Works department, to his Minor Supervisor. They were getting down from the special service train near the tunnel No. 18, Pattipola, to unload the men, material and equipment from the train brought along with them for the purpose of carrying [...]
I was ten years old then, and living with my parents in our ancestral village of Galwadugoda, Galle. Our house was situated besides the railway track – the Coast Line that ran from Colombo to Galle and Matara. As many a child of that age would do, I spent long hours of my leisure near [...]
Sri Lanka government plans to launch its first rail bus service between Trincomalee and Batticaloa, in the Eastern Province of the country from next January.
M.A.L.M Hisbullah, one of the senior ministers in the Eastern Provincial Council said the new rail bus service will commence with 4 buses on January 14th with the assistance of the [...]
The Sri Lanka Railway Department is to introduce four new Intercity Express train services from Colombo Fort to Trincomalee, Batticoloa and Badulla from the 1st of January 2009. These new Intercity Express train services will address the long felt needs of the people of Trincomalee, Batticoloa and Badulla.
The new Trincomalee Intercity Express train will leave [...]
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 [...]
