The project purpose is to improve the suburban railway system in the Colombo Metropolitan Region (CMR) including the Maradana–Padukka, Colombo Fort–Rambukkana, Colombo-Kaluthara South and Ragama- Negambo route section. This project will prepare the railway project(s) ready for investment and implementation by completing feasibility studies, detailed engineering, safeguards planning documents, and bidding documents Furthermore, all designs prepared under this project shall enable future electric operation of the railway network with overhead catenary system (OCS). he project progressed and entered into Feasibility and Detailed Design stage and hence, the Detailed Designs for, (1) construction of 105 Km of additional tracks, (2) rehabilitation of 210 Km of existing tracks, (3) development of Railway Stations with Multi-model features, (4) electrification and signalling system, (5) development of maintenance facilities and (6) acquisition of new Rolling Stock
Summary of service outputs and activities include –
- Technical Feasibility
- Economic and Financial Assessment
- Poverty and Social Assessment
- Land Acquisition and Resettlement Planning
- Environmental and Climate Change Risk Assessment
- Detailed Engineering Design – architectural and Structural Designs
- Cost Estimates and Bidding Documents
- Procurement Assistance
