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Establishment And Development Of The Railway In Sri Lanka

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The Story Of The Establishment Of Railway In Ceylon                 The arrival of trains to Sri Lanka is another significant chapter in the history of Sri Lanka.        Due to the economic situation of the country, they felt the need of a proper transport system.        According to that, plans were afoot to establish the railway service in Ceylon on the advice of the British governor, Sir Henry Ward.        As its initial step, they opened the mother company in London called CEYLON RAILWAY COMPANY.        Accordingly, governor Sir Henry Ward cut the first sod of soil on August 03 1858, marking the beginning of the Chronicle of the Ceylon railway.               Governor Sir Henry Ward and the               Exclusive guest at the ceremony.           Another highlight of the...
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Establishment Of The Train In Sri Lanka

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How The Train Came To Sri Lanka      With the arrival of The Brits to Ceylon, Almost everything changed in the country.Then they proceeded to make Sri Lanka a permanent home of theirs.      As a result of it, a variety of economic crops were established in the country.        They mainly grew TEA and COFFEE in the hill country.                               Tea plantation                             Coffee plantation      Later they were successful.        But the main problem which they had to face was the lack of proper system of transporting the crop from the hill country to Colombo.        Even though they had already used different modes of transport,But  they did not have an effective mode of transport.        ...
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The Love Of The Train..

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             Welcome To My Train "Let's make a funky ride around SRI LANKA.."  
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