Only three more girders have to be placed for the initial completion of Sri Lanka’s longest railway bridge which is being constructed on the Matara Beliatta extension of the island s Southern ...

The train tickets in Sri Lanka are absurdly cheap. Our seven-hour, 158 km trip from Kandy to Ella cost us just 210 Sri Lankan Rupees, which is around $3. Shutterstock ...

This photo taken on June 13, 2025 shows people visiting a nine-arch railway bridge built during the colonial era, in Ella, Sri Lanka. (Photo: Xinhua) ...

Many of the bridges in Sri Lanka were built over a 100 years ago when the railway system was constructed. At that time, most of the bridges were made of iron. Many of these have endured while ...

In 1867, the British completed a railway from the city of Kandy in central Sri Lanka to the coastal city of Colombo. “The British didn’t build railways to help locals travel,” explained Sanka ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A railway union strike stopped most trains across Sri Lanka on Wednesday, ... One was traveling on the roof of a compartment when his head hit an overhead railway bridge, ...