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Dear to whom it may concern, I can see many highways have been reconstructed. Please introduce overtaking lanes every two kilometers to avoid any head-on collisions, which are common in Sri Lanka.

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Hello everyone, Does anyone have updates on the 22 or so locomotives due to Sri Lanka from India? as of now there hasn't been any update regarding them and I am wondering what happened. I am aware that the model of engines they plan on bringing to SL is the M10 if I am not mistaken. Also, I heard that the current government has taken initiatives to import railway tracks to SL in order to renovate the dilapidated railway network, any updates on that?

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Hi Guys, Any update on the Sri Lanka official squad for 2023 Cricket Worldcup?
does anyone know the probable squad?

Hi, nope. It's the old Chinese OFV compartment that has been stripped down and repaired to be ready to be advertised with a new advertisement or probably a new design maybe.

Hi Haleef,

I saw picture of white carriage in Sri Lanka. Is it new addition to Sri Lanka Railways? Where is it from?

According to below link, Sri Lanka Railways is going to purchase 70 passenger compartments from Indonesia. Is it true?

Hi, no that is a fake picture that circulated all over Facebook. We have no expectations in ordering more locomotives as of yet.

Haleef,

I heard that Sri Lanka Railways taking delivery of new train engines from America. M12. Is it true? Do you have more information?

Has Sri Lanka Railways took delivery of all M11?

The 9 DEMU(powersets - S14) from China is to probably be used as night mail train i guess. it has been speculated that the Colombo badulla night mail train (no:1045/46) has had a long pending replacement. The locomotives used for this trains class M2/M6s are not performing up-to their mark (fair enough given their age) . The train is delayed almost every day due to faults and during the rainy days the journey time is ridiculously long. also the compartments used in the night mail trains are barely inhabitable for a long journey as these are infested with cockroaches and bed bugs. But it is sad to see the legendary M2/M6 and Romanian compartment combination be replaced by the boring obvious choice; chinese power sets.
And the order of 75 coaches from Indonesia is a real eye-brow raiser as i really don't know if Indonesia has the technical and industrial background to produce high quality railway equipment, but i may be wrong as well.
Also like i've said before the inevitable happened and that is that the Indian S-13 crashed, it was only a matter of time. it had met with an accident with a minibus and sustained damages to its fragile fiber glass body and hence it is out of service, while there are few more being delivered in the next few months. Its really pity that the GoSL is really filling the railway network with inferior products.
Nothing from india has performed well in sri lanka or anywhere else, starting from the rust-bucket M8, M10, awful S11, unwanted M11 and now the half-baked S13. it is an utter waste of the tax payers money and an addition to the misery of the daily commuter specially with the m11 derailing every now and then.

Cab ride on Sri Lanka's second M11 locomotive's maiden trial run to Aluthgama from Ratmalana.

Another M11 locomotive - 951 arrived in April (3 received so far, 7 more to come)

More to come:
6 DEMU(powersets - 3 double sets) from India
9 DEMU(powersets - S14) from China
12 locomotives(engines) from USA
7 locomotives(engines) from India
3 locomotives(engines) from China (for Aruwakkalu project)
160 coaches from India
75 coaches from Indonesia
30 oil tankers and 20 container type wagons from India
20 flat beds from Indonesia