Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan,— To ask the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development,— (1)
(a) Will he state —
(i) whether he is aware that the Department of Sri Lanka Railways receives a substantial economic contribution from the Northern and the Eastern Provinces;
(ii) the total income of the Department of Sri Lanka Railways and the income received from the Northern Province and the Eastern Province each in each year from 2012 to 2019 separately; and
(iii) the number of stationmasters and other employees working at the railway stations in the Northern Province separately as Sinhala speaking employees and Tamil speaking employees?
(b) Will he also state the —
(i) total number of railway stations in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces;
(ii) breakdown of the said number separately in terms of main railway stations and sub-railway stations;
(iii) number of main railway stations and the number of sub-railway stations from Vavuniya to Kankesanthurai and from Medawachchiya to Talaimannar separately;
(iv) names of the destinations for which first-class sleeping compartment facilities are available; and
(v) reasons for not providing first-class sleeping compartment facilities to the Jaffna-bound trains so far?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2025-10-23
Asked by
Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan, M.P.
Ministry
Transport, Highways and Urban Development
Legislature
Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Status of Trains and Railway stations in Northern Province
Answered Date
0000-00-00
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