Sri Lanka - Railway Data

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Indicators	Unit	Data	Data Year	Data Source	Notes	Average	Range
Total Route	km	1,200	2007	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p 18.			24.6-63,327
By Gauge	route-km
Broad Gauge (1.676m)		1,449	2006	CIA - The World Fact Book, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html. Accessed on Apr. 18, 2008.	As of 2002. For 1.676-m gauge.
Meter Gauge (1.000m)
Narrow Gauge (0.762)		59	2002	CIA - The World Fact Book, Accessed on July 11, 2004.	As of 2002. For 0.762-m gauge.
By Type	route-km
Single Track		1,306	2003	SLR performance 2003.
Double Track		131	2003	SLR performance 2003.
Electrified		0	2002	SLR performance 2003.
Three/Multiple Tracks		13	2003	SLR performance 2003.
Total Track	km	1,640	2003	SLR performance 2003.
Total Population	million	20	2006	World Development Indicators
Total Land Area	sq km	64,630	2006	World Development Indicators
Railway Density in terms of
Population	rail route km/1,000 people	0.06	2006	World Bank staff calculation	1,200/20,000,000	0.31	0.0008-0.06
Land Area	rail route km/sq km land	0.02	2006	World Bank staff calculation	1,200/64,630	0.012	0.00004-0.02
Railway Traffic Density of Passenger	passengers transported annually/rail route km	87,500	2006	World Bank staff calculation	87,500/1,200	46,709	10,452-98,205
Railway Traffic Density of Freight	tonnes transported annually/rail route km	1,292	2006	World Bank staff calculation	1.55 mn MT / 1200 km	2,958	153-11,492
Freight Tonnes Carried - Net Tonne Kilometers (NTKM)	million	138	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.44
Passenger Kilometers (PKM)	million	4,312	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.44
No.of Employees		16,898	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.44
(NTKM + PKM)/Employee	US$-km	0.263	2006	World Bank staff calculation
(Freight Revenue + Passenger Revenue)/Employee	thousand US$	1.222	2006	World Bank staff calculation
Average Rail Tariff
Freight	US$/ton km	0.019-0.024	2003	SLR performance 2003	Up country - 0.024/km,flat terrain - 0.019/km	0.044	0.013-0.14
Passenger	US$ per passenger per km	0.003-0.03	2003	SLR performance 2003	There are two categories: Long distance and suburban	0.006	0.006-0.01
Goods Transported Annually by Rail	million tonnes/yr	1.55	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.35
Passenger Transported Annually by Rail	million passengers/yr	105	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.35
Rail Passenger Revenue	US$/passenger	0.17	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.35
	US$/passenger-route km	0.00012	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.35
	US$/PKM	0.0041	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.35
Rail Freight Revenue	US$/ton goods	1.98	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.35
	US$/ton-route km	0.0014	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.35		0.0013	0.0002-0.0048
	US$/NTKM	0.00071	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.35
No. of Main Line Locomotives Operational -- Total
Electric		0	2003
Diesel		193	2003		Diesel Electric 89 ( available 60), Diesel Hydrolic 54 (available 35), Diesel Multiple Units 50 (available 35)
Steam		2	2003
No. of Passenger Coaches		512	2003	SLR performance 2003.
No. of Freight Wagons		1,532	2003	SLR performance 2003.
Railway Passenger Share (% of total passenger domestic travel)	%	6%	Latest info available until 2004.	Overview. Accessed on July 11, 2004.			6%-9.4%
Railway Freight Haulage Share (% of total freight domestic carriage)	%	3.90%	Latest info available until 2004.	Overview. Accessed on July 11, 2004.			3.9%-15%
Rail Passenger Tariff	US$ per passenger per km			The two categories are Long distance and suburban
Long Distance		0.003	2003			0.0048	0.003-0.006
Urban							0.003
Suburban		0.003	2003				0.003
Percentage of Multi-Tracked Lines	%					30%	9.06%-54.3%
Total Operating Revenue	thousand US$	23,977.5	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.35
Total Operating Expenses	thousand US$	88,252.17	2006	Public Expenditures Review of Rail and Bus sectors Sri Lanka 2007. p.44
Net Operating Income	thousand US$	-64,274.67	2006	World Bank staff calculation
Operating Revenue perKilometer Route	thousand US$/rail route km	19.98	2006	World Bank staff calculation
Operating Expenses per Kilometer Route	thousand US$/rail route km	73.54	2006	World Bank staff calculation
Net Operating Income per Kilometer Route	thousand US$/rail route km	-53.56	2006	World Bank staff calculation

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