page_title: Sri Lanka Railways S11
section_title: Alawwa Crash
hierarchical_section_title: Sri Lanka Railways S11 / History / Alawwa Crash
caption_attribution_description: English: Two sri lankan trains collide together. indian manfactured class s11 and udarata manike
context_page_description: Sri Lanka Railways Class S11 is a diesel multiple-unit train, built for Sri Lanka Railways by Integral Coach Factory and imported through RITES Ltd, an Indian state infrastructure corporation on a line of credit extended by the Indian Government. They were built to replace locomotive-hauled passenger trains. Twenty S11 DMUs were ordered to strengthen long-distance travel on the Coastal Line from Colombo to Matara.
context_section_description: 2011 Alawwa rail accident –  On 17 September 2011, near Alawwa, two trains (a locomotive-hauled train and an S11 DMU No. 899) collided, killing 3 people and injuring 20.  The S11 ran into the rear observation car of the train ahead.
caption: Alawwa Train Accident
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