Sri Lanka imports train from China for upcountry line
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Sri Lanka has imported a train from China for its upcountry line at a cost of US$10.3 million which will be the first of nine power sets, the island's Transport Ministry said in a statement at Colombo port on Tuesday.
Xinhua丨Updated: August 14, 2019
Sri Lanka has imported a train from China for its upcountry line at a cost of US$10.3 million which will be the first of nine power sets, the island's Transport Ministry said in a statement at Colombo port on Tuesday.
Workers unload one of the carriages of an imported Chinese-made train at Colombo port in Sri Lanka, Aug. 13, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Quoted in the local media, the Transport Ministry said the train is able to run on winding roads on the upcountry line.
The train will have two air-conditioned carriages, two second class carriages and two third class carriages and a dining car.
Sri Lanka plans to import nine trains from China for upcountry services, and the ministry hopes to start intercity services with the power sets.
