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There are very few books on the
railways of Ceylon and SriLanka. We list the ones we have come across...
Further Reading on Sri Lanka Railways
These are the books available on
Ceylon/Sri Lanka Railway History. Sadly, most are out of print....
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Left: A Henschel drawn train
emerges from a tunnel near Galboda.
Pic: Nirosh Pathirana from the Kothmale Community Radio
site
Published with permission |
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Railways of SriLanka by David Hyatt
This is the most recent, most comprehensive and best book on the
subject of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Government Railways (In print and may be obtained
through booksellers listed on David's site
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Ceylon Government
Railway, Henry W Cave, Colombo 1910 (Recently reprinted by Visidunu
Publications)
The Ceylon Railway,
G. F Perera, Colombo, 1925
Ceylon Railways, One Hundred Years 1864-1964, published by the CGR Colombo
1964
A History of the Sri
Lanka Government Railway, published by the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka,
Colombo, 1992
The Travelling Post
Offices of Ceylon by Derek Walker, the Ceylon Study Circle of Great Britain,
1990 (postal history)
In addition there
are the books by Carl Muller:
The Jam Fruit Tree, Yakada
Yaka and Once Upon A Tender Time all published by Penguin
India.
Carl Muller is a Burgher
and the son of a Ceylon Government Railway engineer.
The books can be purchased on line from
Firstandsecond a bookshop in New
Delhi. We can personally recommend this company.
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Left: A rail ticket from 2002 for the 27 mile journey
from Colombo Fort to Kalutara South costing all of Rs 10.50 (less than
10pence!) |
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Page first published on the
28th of November 2001 |
