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Sri Lanka railways to run on Indian Power Sets
7 March 2011: The Power Set locomotives which were imported from India will start running on Sri Lanka’s local railway from March 10. The first Power Set will ceremoniously begin the journey from Matara railway station on March 10 along the newly built high-speed Galle - Matara railway line.
Twenty Power Sets of the S-20 type are to be imported from India under a special Indian credit line. Three of them have already arrived in Colombo ports. Sri Lanka has signed a US$ 67.4 million (approx Rs 303 crore) Line of Credit Agreement with the Export-Import Bank of India in March last year to upgrade the Southern coastal railway line from Colombo to Matara.
Source: Colombo Page