The Ministry of Investment Promotin has taken steps to implement an electric high speed train service from Negombo through Katunayake to Colombo with mixed development of commercial and township inclusive of terminus.
The proposed Project is a Metropolitan Railway System comprising of two terminuses, the first at the Katunayake Airport and the other at Fort, Colombo, in close proximity to the Fort main railway station with two parallel railway lines running to and from these two destinations.
The new railway terminal can be accessed directly from the Arrivals and Departures Lounges of the Airport building. The proposed railway route would go along the Airport road, then cross the Negombo Main Highway and the Negombo lagoon and connect to the new Katunayake Expressway.
It will then be constructed parallel to the main Expressway along its 30 meter reservation area for an approximate distance of 30 Kilometers till it reaches the town of Wattala. (Government Information Department)
