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  2. Sri Lanka Railways - Wikipedia

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    A contract was signed by Malaysia's Airport Express Air and Rail Company and the government of Sri Lanka for a new electric rail line between Negombo and Colombo, and the project was expected to be completed by 2018. [31] Electrification of the busiest sections of the network was proposed several times to improve energy efficiency and ...

  3. Sri Lanka Standards Institution - Wikipedia

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    The institution later functioned under the new act of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution Act No. 6 of 1984 replacing the previous outdated act. [2] The organisation works as a regulatory institution and it is a kind of state corporation on behalf of the government mainly to protect consumers from the unethical business trade malpractices.

  4. Ministry of Transport and Highways - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 28 January 2007: Minister of Transport [52] [53] [54] Kumara Welgama: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 April 2010 [55] [56] [57] R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara: United National Party: 12 January 2015: 17 August 2015: Maithripala Sirisena: Minister of Internal Transport [58] [59] [60] Nimal Siripala de Silva: Sri Lanka Freedom ...

  5. Sri Lanka Railways S14 - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka Railways S14 is a class of diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train sets, built for Sri Lanka Railways by CRRC Qingdao Sifang, China and financed by a Chinese sovereign loan. [1] Nine of these train sets were imported to Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2020. They possess air-conditioned first class along with second class and third class ...

  6. Transport in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Class S12 DMU commuter train in Colombo Sri Lanka's rail network. Sri Lanka Railways consists of an intercity network connecting major population centres and commuter rail serving Colombo commuters. Sri Lanka Railways operates the country's railway network, which includes about 1,450 km (901 mi) of track. Colombo is its hub.

  7. A railway union strike in Sri Lanka leaves tens of thousands ...

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    A railway union strike stopped most trains across Sri Lanka on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of passengers to brave the few dangerously overcrowded trains that kept running or be stranded ...

  8. Railway warrant - Wikipedia

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    A railway warrant is a voucher issued for travel on railways for certain groups such as government employees, company employees, military personnel and retirees at subsidized rates or free of charge, exchangeable for a ticket to travel. [1] The cost of the ticket is charged to the warrant issuer's account.

  9. Anne watches land mine clearance at Sri Lanka’s former civil ...

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    The conflict between armed separatist Tamil Tiger forces and the Sri Lankan Army ended in May 2009 after 26 years, with the government troops claiming a victory that left an estimated 100,000 dead.