India made 10 train coaches were dispatched by India to Sri Lanka on Tuesday as a part of the $82.64 million contracts signed between the two countries in 2017 that committed India to deliver a total of 160 coaches to its Southeast Asian neighbor. The vibrant ‘Made in India’ coaches arrived at the Colombo Port in a display of India-Sri Lanka’s transport cooperation and fulfilment of procurement deal signed by the Government of Sri Lanka’s SL Railways and India’s RITES Ltd. ~ republicworld.com
#India-#lka cooperation in the transport sector continues to expand with the arrival of 10 state-of-the-art railway passenger coaches at the #ColomboPort.This is a part of the supply of 160 coaches to SL Railways by #RITES which is being financed through an Indian Line of Credit. pic.twitter.com/ZBJlKYvnXU
— India in Sri Lanka (@IndiainSL) March 10, 2021
These 65-feet long coaches will be used together with Class M11 locomotives to run passenger train on Coastal and Northern lines.
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