Sri Lanka Railways Railbus on trial run on the coastal line | Inside view!

[@ThabishIsmail]

A bus on rails,fantastic!

[@empatheticgrinch]

This is most wonderful! I now realize this is powered by its very own regular diesel engine. Wonder what running on tracks does to its fuel efficiency.

[@chamindaja6839]

Can achieve higher mileage per litre due to less resistance on rails than road.

[@empatheticgrinch]

@@chamindaja6839 This is what I thought too. Less lateral forces. If that’s the case, marvelous.

[@HaleefI]

@@empatheticgrinch Yep, as per the above answer from Chaminda, the mileage is higher, and the fuel consumption is better than the standard bus on tires on the road, only a bit more fuel is needed in order to pick up speed after it starts from a halt, afterwards it rolls smooth.

[@imgroot5845]

@@HaleefI but what about the weight...isn't it heavier than the regular bus...and wont that effect the overall performance and efficiency...just asking out of curiosity

[@lankaat]

In other countries they have rail busses. They can drive on the road as well as on the train tracks. We should have similar vehicles in Sri lanka becuse many of the tracks are not exactly high speed rail tracks to begin with.

[@sunilkumara9361]

Sri Lankan style light rail

[@cmbdissanayaka8279]

❤❤❤❤

[@chamindaja6839]

මාර සීන් එකනෙ. කෝ ස්ටියරිං වීල් එක? හදිසියෙ මිනිහෙක් පැන්නොත් කපලා අයින් කරන්නෙ කෝමද? 😉😁

[@champikaekanayake4587]

What's the reason behind government can't introduce Rail buses At KV line Matale Kandy

[@HaleefI]

They used to run on those lines if I'm not mistaken. I don't know why they stopped them from running.

[@rajanrg]

@@HaleefI May be operational cost exceeding the revenue. Instead of the Rail bus, they can run 3 coach self propelling engine train and it will fetch more revenue especially in crowded routes

[@HaleefI]

@@rajanrg Yes, possibly. Most of those lines run a single set DMU now instead of these.

[@muhammedadheeb6045]

Will this be added to a regular service schedule?

[@HaleefI]

Should be. Between Polgahawela and Maho if not mistaken.

[@ravindurathnayaka1059]

මේ මහව කුරුණෑගල ගිය එක නේද?

[@HaleefI]

Ow.. Maho Polgahawela wenna oane man danna widihata..

[@smukerji7065]

Ashok Leyland... but this is a primitive comet model... you should take the latest ones... very advanced and noiseless...

[@chandanawimaladasa3509]

මෙන්න කරනවනම් වැඩ. ඉක්මනින් පුත්තලම මීගමුව අතරෙ දුවන්න ගන්න. මාසයක් යද්දි මගීන් එකතු වෙයි. උදෙ 7.00 න් වගෙ පස්සෙ නාත්තන්ඞිය කුඩාවැව අතරෙ රෙල් පාර නිදහස්. මගීන්ට යන්න බස නැහැ. අනික මෙහි ධාවන වියදමත් අඩුයි. අනෙක් දුර පලාත් ගැනත් අධ්‍යනයක් කර බලන්න.

[@chandanawimaladasa3509]

One CGR has to do is to change the design of the front face, then it gives attractive look also, CGR can do the modification with the existing facilities. CGR has a un utilized human talents and it is a big waste. (One waste out of the ten wastes)

[@amitrjoe]

poor maintenance of Rain Roads

[@eshikaudayanawanigasekara]

Yep. There is many issues first is lack of money and curruption.