Article: First train on line to Badulla from Colombo

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The Sunday Observer
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February 1, 2009
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Colombo, Feb. 1 -- The present generation of Lankans may perhaps know just a little about the history of the Sri Lanka Railway, which reaches back to nearly a century and half. In spite of the administrative changes that could probably have been introduced over the years, the railway service is still the most popular mode of commuter transportation in the country.

It was in 1830 that the railway was first introduced into England when a line was constructed between Liverpool and Manchester. The success of this venture gave rise to railway speculations in India and Sri Lanka (then Ceylon).

After a great deal of dialogue a company was formed in 1845, which was provisionally registered in ...

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