A new project aims to introduce the electric train service to Sri Lanka.

At a briefing which held on Monday, it was announced that the first electric train service in Sri Lanka will operate from Panadura to Colombo via Veyangoda.

The Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka, stated that the new programme will be implemented in the year 2020.

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