Basic Information
| Total Route Length | 1447 km |
| No. of Major Stations |
172 |
| No. of Sub Stations | 161 |
| No. of Tunnels | * |
Railway Lines
| Name of the line | Length(km) |
No. of Stations |
| Main Line | 291 | 78 |
| Matale Line | 34 | 10 |
| Puttlam Line | 120 | 44 |
| Air Port Spur | 2 | 1 |
| Aruvakalu Spur |
37 | 0 |
| Northern Line | ||
| 1. Polgahawela - Vavuniya |
184 | 55 |
| 11. Vavuniya - KKS | 155 | * |
| Coast Line | 34 | 69 |
| Talaimannar Line | 106 | 11 |
| Batticaloa Line | 212 | 31 |
| Trincomalee Line | 70 | 7 |
| Kelani vally Line | 59 | 23 |
| Mihintale Line | 14 | 2 |
| Kolonnawa Spur. | 2 | 1 |
| Harbour Spur. | 2 | 1 |
Locomotives
Summary of Rolling Stock
| Type of Locomotive | Year of Purchase |
Number |
Manufacturer |
Country |
Availability |
| Locomotives | |||||
| M-2 | 1954 |
12 | Canadian, General Motors |
Canada |
10 |
| M4 |
1976 |
14 |
Canadian Montreal Locomotive |
Canada |
07 |
| M5 |
1979 | 08 | Japanese Hitachi | Japan | 04 |
| M5-c |
2001 | 04 | 03 | ||
| M6 | 1979 | 14 | Henschel (ABB) | Germany | 10 |
| M7 |
1981 | 15 | Brush | England | 12 |
| M8 | 1995 | 08 | Indian (DLW) | India | 05 |
| M8-a | 2001 | 02 | India | 02 | |
| M9 | 2000 | 10 | Alsthom | France | 05 |
| W1 | 1969 | 10 | Henschel West Germany | West Germany | 06 |
| W2 | 1969 | 03 | Henschel East Germany | East Germany | 02 |
| W3 | 10 | Germany | 08 | ||
| Y | 1969 | 28 | Hunslet | England | 22 |
| S5 | 1970 | 03 | Hitachi | Japan | |
| DMUs | |||||
| S6 | 1975 | 04 | Hitachi | Japan | 02 |
| S7 | 1977 | 06 | Hitachi | Japan | 03 |
| S8 | 1992 | 20 | Hitachi | Japan | 15 |
| S9 | 2000 | 15 | Hubei Machinery & Equpment Import and Export Corporation | China | 13 |
| S10 | 2008 | 15 | Hubei Machinery & Equpment Import and Export Corporation | China | 15 |
| Carriages | |||||
| Romanian | 1992/94 | * | Romania | * | |
| China | 1969/2007 | 100 | National Import & Export Corporation | China | 100 |
Operational
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
2009 |
|
| No.of Trains Operated | 102,782.00 | 109606.00 | 117,129.00 | 109,717.00 |
| No.of Passengers Carried (Million) |
106.50 | 110.40 | 96.40 | 102.00 |
| Passenger km (Million) | 4,311.30 | 4,768.60 | 4,668.00 | 4,567.80 |
| Freight Ton km (Million) | 138.00 | 133.20 |
120.10 |
118.00 |
| Freight ton (Million) | 1.60 |
1.70 |
1.70 | 1.80 |
| Operated Train km |
||||
| Passenger (Million) | 7.98 | 8.81 | 7.71 |
8.98 |
| Goods (Million) | 0.26 |
0.37 |
0.29 |
0.32 |
Financial
Financial Progress (Rs. Millions)| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
2009 |
|
| Revenue | ||||
| Passenger | 1,829.90 | 2,033.10 | 2,723.30 | 3,266.30 |
| Freight | 392.40 | 314.10 | 363.40 | 452.40 |
| Others | 272.70 | 652.10 | 584.60 | 301.20 |
| Capital Expenditure | ||||
| Allocation |
6,832.00 | 13,686.00 |
16,964.20 |
13,227.00 |
| Actual Exp. |
3,600.40 | 4,667.00 | 9,717.10 | 12,816.30 |
| Recurrent Expenditure |
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| Allocation | 6,655.30 | 7,727.90 | 8,404.50 | 9,308.00 |
| Actual Exp. | 6,472.50 | 7,296.70 | 8,224.60 | 8,787.61 |
