Sri Lanka's wildlife and railway authorities announced on Friday a series of low-tech measures, including adjusting timetables to reduce night-time train collisions, following the worst wildlife ...

Elephant-train collisions have been a regular occurrence ... as it may provide the engine driver adequate time to stop the train if elephants are crossing. From what I have heard, at 35 kmph ...

While train-related elephant fatalities represent an average ... to come to a complete stop after applying the brakes, ...

The measures came after seven elephants were run over on February 20 by an express train A Sri Lankan passenger ... stretches of railway tracks in elephant-inhabited forest areas in the island's ...