Naysayers and officials with old ideas have thwarted plans to develop Sri Lanka Railways to earn revenue by specialising in tourism. The railways, which has a rich history of 160 years, provided ...

Taking in verdant tea country and historic stations, the island’s railway network makes for a perfect way to explore Writing in his memoirs, Leonard Woolf said that the hills of Sri Lanka ...

Sri Lanka marked the 160th anniversary of its railway service today (Dec. 27). The milestone commemorates the country’s first scheduled train journey in 1864, which ran from Colombo Fort to Ambepussa.