SLR has been using the same conventional and way old ticketing system for 150 years and an upgrade has been due for decades. SLR was not able to upgrade its system over the years and in addition, there hadn’t been any successful proposals from local IT giants, despite of having many in the l
Sri Lanka Railway had been using an overhead copper wire based telecommunication system from its inception till 1985. Each railway Line had its own telephone circuit (control circuit) connecting all railway station to one of the train control centers at Colombo, Nawalapitiya or Anuradhapura. In this system, the Dialing was done with very special key and selector arrangement.
Mainly through the construction of housing blocks to support the future resettlement of encroaches, and the improvement of Colombo Fort and Maradana stations
Through upgrading the Sri Lanka German Railway Technical Training Center (SLGRTTC) to provide modern training facilities to the staff of Sri Lanka Railway.