ChineseTrain Sri Lanka to replace brakes on faulty Chinese train compartments
Colombo: The Sri Lankan Railway department has said the brakes on faulty Chinese train compartments will be replaced, media reports said.
The General Manager of Railways Dilantha Fernando told Colombo Gazette the Chinese train compartments are using disk-brakes.
He said Sri Lankan trains do not use disk-brakes and that resulted in serious concerns being raised by engine drivers recently.
“The disk brakes are used for high-speed trains. Those don’t work in Sri Lanka. So we are looking at converting the brake system on these train compartments. But it will take time,” he told the newspaper.
Train engine drivers recently withdrew from operating trains with faulty Chinese compartments.
Secretary of the Railway Engine Drivers Association, Indika Dodangoda had told the Colombo Gazette that there are 100 Chinese train compartments used in Sri Lanka which are faulty.
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