Tag: Extra Train services for New Year Season
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Sri Lanka is to face huge traffic near soon and suggestion to avoid traffic in Colombo
Motor Traffic Department of Sri Lanka has made a statement stated that they received 491,628 vehicles registration for first 8 months of this year. Last year first 8 month vehicle registrations were 429,556 and it has increase by 14.45% over the year. The highest numbers of vehicles registered this year were motorbikes and three-wheelers, which…
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Special train service for Esala Perahera (Kandy Perehera)
A special train service will be in operation from August 25 to 29 for the large crowd witnessing the Kandy Esala Perahera, a spokesman for the Railway Department said. The trains will function from Kandy to Colombo, Colombo to Kandy, Kandy to Matale and Matale to Kandy, Kandy to Nawalapitiya and Nawalapitiya to Kandy. The…
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Sri Lanka Train Booking by Mobile Phone (Mobitel)
Are you getting ready for your April Holidays to tour around Sri Lanka, plan your tours with Srilanka Railways and book your tickets by Mobitel. Dial 365 to reserve your train tickets to any destination in advance via Mobitel mTicketing and start the April holiday with a memorable rail journey. Rs. 8/- per minute +…
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How to search where the train is in Sri lanka (system to keep track of trains) – Click www.slrail.info
A new train tracking system to enable the public view coastline train movements, has been launched. The train tracking system named Railway Traffic Optimisation System (RTOS) was launched today at the University of Colombo’s School of Computing (UCSC), and could be viewed on www.slrail.info General Manager Railways, B.A.PAriyaratne said the system was developed based on…
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More Buses, Trains and Highway Buses for this New Year Season Transport – April 2014
A special bus service will introduced for the Sinhala and Tamil New year from April 7 and will continue until April 21. SLTB Chief Operations Superintendent H.M. Chandrasiri said 5000 buses would be deployed each day, for the two weeks, around the country. Normally there are only 4200 buses. Each day 400 additional buses will…