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1 January – The "Clean Sri Lanka" national initiative commences under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. [1]16 January – The government announces an agreement with Chinese state oil company Sinopec valued at $3.7 billion to construct a "state-of-the-art oil refinery" with a capacity of 200,000 barrels in Hambantota.
– Marrakesh-Agadir Railway of the ONCF Network opens between Marrakesh and Agadir. [155] – El Insurgente extends to Observatorio from Santa Fe. [156] – Line 4 of SITEUR to open between Las Juntas and Tlajomulco Centro. [157] – Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro extends to Observatorio from Mixcoac. [158] – Kano-Maradi Railway opens ...
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A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917
The system is planned to be operated as a public-private partnership between the Government of Sri Lanka and selected private entities. [2] The project estimated to be worth US$1.5 billion was commenced during the presidency of Maithripala Sirisena in 2017 and was regarded as the largest single foreign-funded infrastructure project in Sri Lanka ...
The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya; Tamil: இலங்கை புகையிரத சேவை Ilankai Pugaiyiradha Sēvai) is Sri Lanka's railway owner and primary operator.
The Ankara-Izmir high-speed railway is a planned 588-km double-track, electrified railway built for 250-km/h operation whose initial section to Afyonkarahisar was scheduled to open in 2022, [221] but construction was interrupted in 2018 and resumed in 2022. The extension to Izmir will contain 49 tunnels totaling 41 km, 56 viaducts totaling 23 ...
Transport in Sri Lanka is based on its road network, which is centred on the country's commercial capital Colombo. A rail network handles a portion of Sri Lanka 's transport needs. There are navigable waterways, harbours and three international airports: in Katunayake , 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Colombo, in Hambantota, and in Jaffna.