The newly constructed Matara-Beliatta railway extension will be vested with the public today, the Ministry of Transport said yesterday. The first train will leave for Beliatta from Matara Railway ...

The Chinese contractor building the Matara-Beliatta railway track is embroiled in a bitter battle with a powerful Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB) union which claims the company is ...

The 26.75-km long Matara-Beliatta railway extension is the first to be constructed in Sri Lanka since 1948, and it has the country's longest and second longest railway bridges, measuring 1.5-km and ...

A train stops at the Matara Railway Station preparing to depart for Beliatta in Sri Lanka, April 8, 2019. The Sri Lankan government declared on Monday to open a railway line constructed between Matara ...

The railway schedule for the Matara-Beliatta rail route has been released today (April 06). The new rail track which would run from Matara to Beliatta will be declared open by Transport Minister ...

The Government of Sri Lanka has opened a railway line extension between Matara and Beliatta in the southern part of the country. The 26.75km-long rail link was inaugurated by Sri Lanka’s Transport and ...

The Sri Lankan government on Monday officially opened a railway line constructed between Matara and Beliatta in the southern part of the island country. The hope is that it will boost passenger ...