The 15.3km Green Line will run from Colombo Fort main line station in the west to Borella, Battaramulla and Malabe IT Park in the east. The line will serve 16 stations with a journey time of 27 minutes between the termini.
“We’re planning to commence construction once the documents are tendered and approved,” Mr Chaminda Ariyadasa, Colombo Light Rail Transit project director told the Third International Conference on Real Estate Management and Valulation in Colombo last week.
Commissioning of the project is expected to take place by the end of 2024 ahead of the start of operation in early 2025.
Land acquisition commenced in July 2018 following the completion of a feasibility study conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) in 2017. Detailed design was carried out by a joint venture led by Oriental Consultants Global.
Jica will fund $US 1.8bn of the cost of the project and plans to procure electric trains from Japanese manufacturers.
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