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Table  3332(P‚’o., Serv., Trans., Rail)
Sri Lanka Railways  (1999-2008) 
pro 3332e
                                    Year                         Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007   2008(a)
Rolling Stock, No.
Locomotives (b)
Broad Gauge 187 208 200 202 202 202 202 178* 178* 178
Dual Gauge (KV-Line)  4 8 9 7 7 7 7        -        -        -
Passenger Coaches
Broad Gauge 1,047 1,077 1,045 1,045 1,045 1,152 1,152      750**       750**        -
Dual Gauge (KV-Line  26 26 26 26 26 26 26        -        -        -
Goods Wagons
Broad Gauge 2,703 2,076 2,090 2,168 2,168 2,135 2,135 1245** 1245**        -
Dual Gauge (KV-Line)         - 14 14 14 14 14 14        -        -        -
Route, Km.
Broad Gauge 1,388 1,404 1,390 1,390 1,390 1,128 1,127 1,143 1,143 1,143
Dual Gauge (KV-Line)  59 59 59 59 59 59 59        -        -        -
Station, No.
Broad Gauge 161 161 160 160 160 142 151 172 172 172
Dual Gauge (KV-Line)  9 9 9 9 9 9 9        -        -        -
Sub Stations, No.
Broad Gauge 138 141 144 146 147 130 144 161 161 161
Dual Gauge (KV-Line)  14 14 15 14 14 14 14        -        -        -
Passenger Journeys, Mn.
Ordinary Ticket Passengers i‚ƒj 40 47 54 58 62 64 59 44 48 52
Season Ticket Passengers  40 43 39 51 51 50 55 61 62 52
Passengers kilometres (d), Km.
Ordinary Ticket Passengers 1,968 2,027 2,314 2,470 2,473 3,170 2,767 1,875 2,147 2,931
Season Ticket Passengers (e) 1,319 1,389 1,577 1,631 2,132 1,510 1,589 1,744 1,773 1,749
Revenue from Passenger Traffic, Rs.Mn
Ordinary Ticket Passengers 522 573 680 758 776 994 1,148 1,385 1,586 2,024
Season Ticket Passengers  158 168 188 200 201 271 331 441 447 699
Coaching Train kilometre, Mn.Km. 8.0 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.2 8.0 8.0 7.8 8.8 9.0
Goods hauled, Mn. Tons 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7
Goods Ton Kilometre (f), Mn. 103 88 109 131 129 134 135 138 133 121
Receipts from Goods Traffic, Rs. Mn. 210 133 174 225 211 260 270 393 314 364
Goods Train Kilometres, Mn. Km. 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3
Gross Receipts, Rs. Mn. 1,038 1,015 1,200 1,362 1,365 1,678 1,958 2,491 2,999 3,671
Working Expenditure, Rs. Mn. 2,886 2,686 3,020 3,328 3,383 4,328 5,512 6,472 7,297 8,225
Personnel Strength, No. 17,377 17,377 17,697 17,460 16,957 17,173 16,360 16,761 15,829 15,168
© ‚Q‚O‚P‚OC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source : 
Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka
Key:
(a) Provisional
(b) Locomotives include all engines, steam and power sets and rail cars.
(c) Number of journeys taken by passengers holding ordinary tickets (or number of ordinary ticket holders.)
(d) Number of passengers travelled X distance travelled.
(e) Number of season ticket holders multiplied by 40 (assuming that a season ticket holder usually takes 40 number of journey for a month.)
(f) Number of tons hauled X distance hauled.
* Maintainable Stock (including DMUs, Shunting Locos)
**Maintainable Stock
Revised:  2010(y)/03(m)/31(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka