Kurunegala - Habarana to be linked by train

by Kurunegala North Group Correspondent

The government will take all steps to construct a new railway line from Kurunegala to Habarana via Dambulla.

This new railway line would be 80 kilometers long and the cost of construction and successful implementation are around Rs 800 Million according to the Railway Line Development officials.

The project will be completed under two phases in which phase one is to construct 56 Kilometers of the line from Kurunegala to Dambulla via Ibbagamuwa, Gokerella, Melsiripura, Dembawa, Galewela and Thalkiriyagama.

The second phase of the project will construct 24 Kilometers from Dambulla to Habarana via Pelwehera, Kandalama, Kimbissa, Sigiriya and Moragaswewa. The construction work on this massive railway line project will commence early 2007.