TOKYO -- Sri Lanka will seek international competitive bids to select operators for its first urban railway project, the head of the country's investment agency said.
Upul Jayasuriya, chairman of Sri Lanka's Board of Investment, spoke to The Nikkei while on a visit to Japan about Sri Lanka's urban railway project. The plan is for a 30-kilometer commuter railway connecting the center of Colombo with its suburbs. The operation would start by 2019.
