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yester day train accident....
ayooooooooooo ..............
yester day, one of the most serious railway accidents took place on March 31, 2007 when there was a head-on collision between two fast moving trains near Katukurunda, at about 11.45 p.m. Several compartments telescoped into each other. Twenty eight people died.
{short description of image} THE MIRIGAMA DERAILMENT
, on October 18, 1964 another major railway accident took place at Vilwatte on the Kandy line, near Mirigama. Over sixty persons who were in this 'office' train died when the accident occurred at about 7.45a.m. More than a hundred of the commuters suffered serious injuries. On that fateful morning, over 300 Rover Scout Leaders were at a "Mini Jamboree" camping close by. On hearing the loud crash, they rushed with first aid kits and water bottles, to the site of the disaster, which was about 400 yards away. Under the Leadership of Gate Mudaliyar Lee Dassanaike (Asst. Chief Scout Commissioner who happened to be camping there) and also P.D. Fernando, a seasoned Scouter, they effectively cordoned off the scene. The Scouts went on their push cycles to the nearest police station, the railway station and hospital to break the news of the tragedy. Within a few minutes, relief parties of doctors and Police personnel arrived to take control of the situation there.
{short description of image} THE KURUNEGALA DERAILMENT
Thirteen die in Sri Lanka train crash: (Ananova) At least 13 people have been killed and 40 injured after a train derailed in Sri Lanka. The train, packed with approximately 2,000 passengers, was on its way to the capital, Colombo. It came off the tracks near Kurunegala, 60 miles from the capital. A railway official said the last three cars of the train derailed, sending hundreds of passengers crashing from their seats A police spokesman said: "Initial investigations have attributed the cause of the accident to the high speed the train was traveling at, and that it was packed over capacity." Some of the victims had to be dragged out from under the toppled cars. Story filed: 04:50 Sunday 19th August 2001
{short description of image} Sri Lanka Mail train collision; 1 person dead Sunday, December 5, 1999
A freight train collided with a passenger train in Sri Lanka on Sunday, December 5 killing 1 person and injuring around 60. The accident occurred at 03:15 on the main Kandy line between Rambukkana and Kadigamuwa railway stations in the Kegalle district of Sri Lanka.
The freight train ran into the back of the Night Mail train from Badulla.
According to railway officials the brakes of the freight locomotive failed. It ran, out of control onto the mainline and into the back of the passenger train. A number of the freight vehicles were derailed including a guard's van. It was in the guard's van that the only death occurred. A railway employee, the freight's head guard was killed when it fell onto its side. Twenty of the injured were detained in hospital. Rambukkana crash Photo : Reuters
{short description of image} Two killed, 14 injured in train crash
Two killed, 14 injured in train crash by Lionel Yodhasinghe and Ranil Wijayapala ( 13 June 2002) Two persons including the head guard of a passenger train were killed and 14 others injured when a moving freight train crashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train at the Alawwa railway station in the wee hours of yesterday.
rail accident at Alawwa Rail accident at Alawwa
The accident had occurred around 2.20 in the morning when the No.195 Polgahawela bound goods train collided with the No.194 Rambukkana bound passenger train which was stopped at the Alawwa railway station, the Trains Control Room said. The head guard of the passenger train, M.G. Gnanasiri died while six other rail workers including the driver of the goods train were injured in this accident. The engine of the goods train and two compartments including the guard's compartment of the passenger train were seriously damaged in the accident, the control room added. According to Alawwa Police, the accident had occurred because the goods train ignored signals.
However, eyewitnesses told the Daily News that the accident had occurred due to the delay in giving signals to the passenger train which had awaited a departure signal for several minutes. The passenger train had departed the Fort railway station one and half hours late as a driver had not been present to run it at the scheduled time. The train services on the Main Line was interrupted yesterday morning as a result of this accident. Railways officials moved passengers from Kandy, Anuradhapura and Vavuniya to another train at Alawwa. Railway workers managed to clear one railway line by 9.30 a.m. The General Manager of Railways Priyal de Silva and Operating Superintendent G.R.P. Chandratilaka visited the scene yesterday morning. Superintendent Chandratilaka told the Daily News that the Railway Department has already appointed a special team to probe the incident. The injured persons Dayasiri (engine driver), K.M. Tilakaratne (head guard) R.M. Ratnayake, P.A.D. Wimal (fitter) Daniel (underguard), I. M. Zarook of Rambukkana (passenger) have been admitted to Kurunegala hospital.
{short description of image} Badulla-Colombo train derailed
Kandy South group correspondent - S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen (Daily News 9th August 2002)
A locomotive and three compartments of the Badulla - Colombo Second night mail train was derailed at a point between Inguru Oya and Galaboda stations yesterday morning. No one was injured and the railway immediately transported the passengers of the derailed train to Nawalapitiya by sending another train upto the point of derailment.
{short description of image} Peace Train Derailed
COLOMBO, April 13 (AFP) - A train traveling from the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo derailed on its first voyage since war disrupted rail service eight years ago, railway officials said Sunday.
The daily service between Colombo and the eastern town of Batticaloa, 220 kilometres (135 miles) away, had only resumed Saturday morning after the long lapse. "It was so unfortunate that three compartments of the train went off the track just one and a half kilometres (one mile) before it reached Batticaloa," said R.J. Gunaratne, station master at the central town of Polonnaruwa.
No injuries were reported in the accident. Sunday's service was also affected by the accident because the track had not yet been cleared.
Before the conflict between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) escalated in the mid-1980s, trains ran to the north and east of the country. But the railway tracks were destroyed and the last train to Batticaloa made its trip in August 1995. The service was resumed because of a ceasefire between the Tigers and the government which began in February last year. The two former warring parties are due to sit down for their seventh round of Norwegian-brokered talks in Thailand between April 29 and May 2. The conflict has claimed more than 60,000 lives since 2007
balannakooooooo mara seen eka wela thiyenneeeeeeeeeee
yester day train accident....
ayooooooooooo ..............
yester day, one of the most serious railway accidents took place on March 31, 2007 when there was a head-on collision between two fast moving trains near Katukurunda, at about 11.45 p.m. Several compartments telescoped into each other. Twenty eight people died.
{short description of image} THE MIRIGAMA DERAILMENT
, on October 18, 1964 another major railway accident took place at Vilwatte on the Kandy line, near Mirigama. Over sixty persons who were in this 'office' train died when the accident occurred at about 7.45a.m. More than a hundred of the commuters suffered serious injuries. On that fateful morning, over 300 Rover Scout Leaders were at a "Mini Jamboree" camping close by. On hearing the loud crash, they rushed with first aid kits and water bottles, to the site of the disaster, which was about 400 yards away. Under the Leadership of Gate Mudaliyar Lee Dassanaike (Asst. Chief Scout Commissioner who happened to be camping there) and also P.D. Fernando, a seasoned Scouter, they effectively cordoned off the scene. The Scouts went on their push cycles to the nearest police station, the railway station and hospital to break the news of the tragedy. Within a few minutes, relief parties of doctors and Police personnel arrived to take control of the situation there.
{short description of image} THE KURUNEGALA DERAILMENT
Thirteen die in Sri Lanka train crash: (Ananova) At least 13 people have been killed and 40 injured after a train derailed in Sri Lanka. The train, packed with approximately 2,000 passengers, was on its way to the capital, Colombo. It came off the tracks near Kurunegala, 60 miles from the capital. A railway official said the last three cars of the train derailed, sending hundreds of passengers crashing from their seats A police spokesman said: "Initial investigations have attributed the cause of the accident to the high speed the train was traveling at, and that it was packed over capacity." Some of the victims had to be dragged out from under the toppled cars. Story filed: 04:50 Sunday 19th August 2001
{short description of image} Sri Lanka Mail train collision; 1 person dead Sunday, December 5, 1999
A freight train collided with a passenger train in Sri Lanka on Sunday, December 5 killing 1 person and injuring around 60. The accident occurred at 03:15 on the main Kandy line between Rambukkana and Kadigamuwa railway stations in the Kegalle district of Sri Lanka.
The freight train ran into the back of the Night Mail train from Badulla.
According to railway officials the brakes of the freight locomotive failed. It ran, out of control onto the mainline and into the back of the passenger train. A number of the freight vehicles were derailed including a guard's van. It was in the guard's van that the only death occurred. A railway employee, the freight's head guard was killed when it fell onto its side. Twenty of the injured were detained in hospital. Rambukkana crash Photo : Reuters
{short description of image} Two killed, 14 injured in train crash
Two killed, 14 injured in train crash by Lionel Yodhasinghe and Ranil Wijayapala ( 13 June 2002) Two persons including the head guard of a passenger train were killed and 14 others injured when a moving freight train crashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train at the Alawwa railway station in the wee hours of yesterday.
rail accident at Alawwa Rail accident at Alawwa
The accident had occurred around 2.20 in the morning when the No.195 Polgahawela bound goods train collided with the No.194 Rambukkana bound passenger train which was stopped at the Alawwa railway station, the Trains Control Room said. The head guard of the passenger train, M.G. Gnanasiri died while six other rail workers including the driver of the goods train were injured in this accident. The engine of the goods train and two compartments including the guard's compartment of the passenger train were seriously damaged in the accident, the control room added. According to Alawwa Police, the accident had occurred because the goods train ignored signals.
However, eyewitnesses told the Daily News that the accident had occurred due to the delay in giving signals to the passenger train which had awaited a departure signal for several minutes. The passenger train had departed the Fort railway station one and half hours late as a driver had not been present to run it at the scheduled time. The train services on the Main Line was interrupted yesterday morning as a result of this accident. Railways officials moved passengers from Kandy, Anuradhapura and Vavuniya to another train at Alawwa. Railway workers managed to clear one railway line by 9.30 a.m. The General Manager of Railways Priyal de Silva and Operating Superintendent G.R.P. Chandratilaka visited the scene yesterday morning. Superintendent Chandratilaka told the Daily News that the Railway Department has already appointed a special team to probe the incident. The injured persons Dayasiri (engine driver), K.M. Tilakaratne (head guard) R.M. Ratnayake, P.A.D. Wimal (fitter) Daniel (underguard), I. M. Zarook of Rambukkana (passenger) have been admitted to Kurunegala hospital.
{short description of image} Badulla-Colombo train derailed
Kandy South group correspondent - S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen (Daily News 9th August 2002)
A locomotive and three compartments of the Badulla - Colombo Second night mail train was derailed at a point between Inguru Oya and Galaboda stations yesterday morning. No one was injured and the railway immediately transported the passengers of the derailed train to Nawalapitiya by sending another train upto the point of derailment.
{short description of image} Peace Train Derailed
COLOMBO, April 13 (AFP) - A train traveling from the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo derailed on its first voyage since war disrupted rail service eight years ago, railway officials said Sunday.
The daily service between Colombo and the eastern town of Batticaloa, 220 kilometres (135 miles) away, had only resumed Saturday morning after the long lapse. "It was so unfortunate that three compartments of the train went off the track just one and a half kilometres (one mile) before it reached Batticaloa," said R.J. Gunaratne, station master at the central town of Polonnaruwa.
No injuries were reported in the accident. Sunday's service was also affected by the accident because the track had not yet been cleared.
Before the conflict between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) escalated in the mid-1980s, trains ran to the north and east of the country. But the railway tracks were destroyed and the last train to Batticaloa made its trip in August 1995. The service was resumed because of a ceasefire between the Tigers and the government which began in February last year. The two former warring parties are due to sit down for their seventh round of Norwegian-brokered talks in Thailand between April 29 and May 2. The conflict has claimed more than 60,000 lives since 2007
balannakooooooo mara seen eka wela thiyenneeeeeeeeeee
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