MATARA-BELIATTA RAILWAY-EXTENSION; PART III  – A HIGH QUALITY MODERN RAILWAY-LINE AT EXORBITANT OVERALL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WITH NO RETURN OF INVESTMENT COSTS By Dr. F.A. Wingler, February 2019

Published on: February 24, 2019December 12, 2023 by Chaminda Weerawarna

With the 26 km Matara-Beliatta Railway Extension, Sri Lanka got the first time a modern world-class standard and high quality rail-track and a high capacity railway-station infrastructure. In January 2019 the work on the Infrastructure had been still going on. However, the rail-track had been ready for one public maiden and test-run with the China […]

SEMI-HIGH SPEED (SHS) ON CURRENT INDIAN RAIL-TRACKS WITH CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE – WILL IT BE SAFE?

Published on: February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 by Chaminda Weerawarna Comment

TRACK QUALITY AND MAINTENANCE DEMANDS FOR INTRODUCING 160 KMPH SEMI-HIGH SPEED (SHS) PASSENGER TRAINS ON INDIAN RAILWAYS – SAFETY ISSUES By Dr. F.A. Wingler, February 2019 The Challenge in Introducing Speeds of 160 kmph for Passenger Trains on IR is to meet the Demands for Initial and Inherent Quality of Track, to develop advanced Policy and […]