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The railway network was introduced by the British colonial government in 1864. The main reason for building a railway system in Ceylon was to transport tea and coffee from the hill country to Colombo.
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Railways Wkipedia "Sri Lanka Railways"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.railway.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137&Itemid=181&lang=en Government of Sri Lanka "History of Sri Lanka Railways"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
==External LinksReferences ==*[https:<references //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Railways Wkipedia]*[http://www.railway.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137&Itemid=181&lang=en History of Sri Lanka Railways] >
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