Sri Lanka Railways Forum

Sri Lanka Railway Department General Manager Lalithasiri Gunaruwan says that discussions are underway to purchase 20 power sets from India under a credit line.

India has also pledged a concessionary loan facility to improve the Southern railway line under tsunami reconstruction.

The Indian power sets are in addition to the 15 power sets ordered from China that is to arrive in Colombo in mid 2008. Twenty-five carriages of a 75 batch ordered from China arrived last month and the rest is to arrive in the county by the end of this year.

Railway Department is considering importing three engines to transport Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel tankers and two more engines for repair work.

Source: Colombo Page

Tags: carriages, china, coastal line, diesel multiple units, fuel tankers, india, loans, petroleum corporation, southern railway, stainless steel, tsunami reconstruction

                            

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