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Colombo-Malabe Light Rail Transit from 2024
View(s):The Light Rail Transit (LRT) system between Colombo and Malabe will be built utilising a soft loan of Yen 30 billion from Japan (about Rs 48 billion). The loan agreement between the Government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was signed on Monday (11).
The total length of the light railway is 16 km and will have 16 stations. The station locations are Malabe-IT Park, Battaramulla, Rajagiriya, Cotta Road Railway Station, National Hospital and Fort Railway Station.
At Fort, the LRT line will connect to the planned Multi Model Transport Hub accessible to both railway and bus.
As per the project plan, trains are due to run every 2-3 minutes, with each 4-carriage train having a passenger capacity of over 800, which could be increased by adding more carriages, when necessary.
With a top speed of 80km/hour, travel time between Malabe and Fort will be about 30 minutes.
The project is due to be completed by 2024.