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Private sector to develop Railway lands

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Railway lands to be utilized with private sector help to develop railway service.
The Sri Lanka Railways will secure the assistance of the private sector to refurbish 320 railway stations in the country. The department has drawn up plans to utilize a land area of 13,000 acres it owns to the maximum benefit, Transport Minister Dulles [...]

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Railway, then and now – Part 1

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Rail services in Sri Lanka were commenced by British in 1864 with the inauguration of the first train to Ambepussa. Thereafter Railway tracks were extended to Kandy and to the central hills mainly to transport tea and other agricultural produce for export to the Port of Colombo, on which the country’s entire economy depended on.
Although [...]

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