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Sri Lanka Railways Class M1 was a class of diesel-electric locomotives used by Sri Lanka Railways, imported from 1953 and manufactured by Brush Bagnall Traction. [4] The locomotives weighed 88 long tons (89 t) had a 1,000 hp (746 kW) V12 Mirlees JS12VT four-stroke engine. Sri Lanka Railways had a fleet of 25 of these Class M1 locomotives which ...
The National Railway Museum of Sri Lanka is located in Kadugannawa, west of Kandy. The museum is owned by Sri Lanka Railways. The museum was opened on 27 December 2014 in order to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the railways in Sri Lanka. Previously, the museum was located in Colombo [2]; the old museum was opened in May 2009. [3]
In the mid-1950s, Sri Lanka Railways, under the leadership of B. D. Rampala, started to name major passenger services. [1]Old Udarata Menike express train The Old Yal Devi train at Kurunegala, travelling between Omanthai and Colombo Fort The Deyata Kirula ( Uttara Devi) intercity express train at Kurunegala, travelling between Kankasanthurai and Colombo Fortit will run only up to Anuradhapura ...
Leopold was brought to Sri Lanka in January 1864 and started working on the Main Line from March 1864. On 7 December 1864, the locomotive hauled the ceremonial "First Train" of the line from Colombo Terminus to Ambepussa; Leopold, Duke of Brabant (later King Leopold II of Belgium) would be the guest of honour for the occasion and board the train from Veyangoda, and the locomotive was later ...
In the 1990s, Sri Lanka Railways converted the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge Kelani Valley line into 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge. This was the last narrow gauge line left in Sri Lanka, and its conversion to broad gauge put the fleet of narrow gauge locomotives out of use. All operational locomotives in the country today are broad gauge.
The main reason for building a railway system in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was to transport tea and coffee from the hill country to Colombo. The Main Line was extended in stages with service to Kandy beginning in 1867, to Nawalapitiya in 1874, to Nanu Oya in 1885, to Bandarawela in 1894, and to Badulla in 1924.
The state-owned Sri Lanka Railways operates nearly all of the country's rail services, but few private railways have existed at various times. The Viceroy Special heritage train and steam locomotive was introduced in 1986 and is still advertised as of early 2024.
Galle railway station is a railway station in the southern city of Galle in Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways , the state-run railway operator , the station is part of the Coast Line , which links Sri Lanka's south coast with the Colombo .