News - Sri Lanka Railway Forum

Trains Running During Christmas Weekend 2020

SLRF Staff Dec 24, 2020 0

Sri Lanka Railways will operate below trains during Christmas Weekend on 25th, 26th, 27th and 29th of December 2020.Puttalam LineTrain NoTrain TypeTimeJourney3422Slow16:45Colombo Fort to Chilaw3427Slow18:05Colombo Fort to Chilaw3803Slow04:50Chilaw to Colombo Fort3810Slow05:50Chilaw to Colombo FortCoastal LineTrain NoTrain…

Sri Lanka Railways to Receive 160 Railway Coaches from India

SLRF Staff Dec 6, 2020 0

Here are images of railway coaches which are being made in India for Sri Lanka Railways. We can expect the first batch of these coaches to arrive in Sri Lanka in the Q1 or Q2 of 2020. (Unconfirmed)The agreement to supply 160 railway…

News

Temporarily Revised Schedules of Intercity Trains

SLRF Staff Oct 20, 2020 0

Sri Lanka Railways has decided to revise/cancel train schedules of some intercity express trains temporarily from 2020/10/21 due to the prevailing condition of the country.*These trains will run on Oct 29, 30, 31 and November…

News

Sri Lanka Railway is Currently Expanding it’s Optical Fiber Network

SLRF Staff Oct 16, 2020 0

Sri Lanka Railway is currently expanding it's optical fiber network from Maradana Train control center to Maharagama for better control communication, expanding centralized train control and data communication.

News

Denuwara Menike and KKS Intercity Trains to Run on Weekends

SLRF Staff Aug 27, 2020 0

Sri Lanka Railways has decided to operate Denuwara Menike Intercity Express train and Kankesanthurai Intercity Express train on weekends starting from August 28th, 2020.Details are as below.Denuwara Menike (1001/1002)Train…

News

Oil Train Derailed at Peradeniya Junction

SLRF Staff Aug 27, 2020 0

An oil train derailed at Peradeniya Junction Railway Station early this morning. (26)However, there will be no delays on the upcountry line due to the derailments and the re-railing process is currently going on as we heard from…

News

Tantri Refurbished Mail Carriage for Sri Lanka Railways

SLRF Staff Aug 25, 2020 0

We thought of some images of Tantri refurbished mail carriage for Sri Lanka Railways with you. The build quality looks quite similar to what their refurbished passenger carriages as you can see in the images.

News

Re-railing Derailed Wagons of Yal Devi Train

SLRF Staff Aug 16, 2020 0

Sri Lanka Railways workers are now working on getting derailed passenger compartments of Yal Devi Express back on tracks. (16)5 passenger compartments of Yal Devi train heading to Colombo came off the tracks near Galgamuwa last year…

Accidents

A Wild Elephant Hit by Sri Devi

SLRF Staff Aug 9, 2020 0

Sri Devi Intercity-Express train running from Kankesanthurai to Colombo hit and killed a wild elephant this morning between Mankulam and Puliyankulam. (09)Railway services of the Northern line have been disrupted as a result of the…

News

Open Competitive Examination for Recruitment of Station Master (Grade III) 2019 (2020)

SLRF Staff Aug 2, 2020 0

Instructions and application form for open competitive examination for recruitment of station master (Grade III) 2019 (2020) of Sri Lanka Railways,Closing date: 2020-08-31Download here:…

Prev Next 1 of 32

Follow Us @slrailwayforum