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From 2013 to 2019, the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation extended the line to Beliatta in phase one of the Southern Railway project; [40] it was the first new railway built in Sri Lanka since its independence from Great Britain in 1948. [41]
Night mail train: Status: In service: Locale: Sri Lanka: Current operator(s) Sri Lanka Railways: Former operator(s) Ceylon Government Railway: Route; Termini: Colombo Fort railway station: Stops: Badulla railway station: Distance travelled: 292.4 km (181.7 mi) [1] Average journey time: 8 - 10 hours: Service frequency: Daily: Train number(s ...
railway station Code District Elevation m Distance between Colombo Fort Km; Colombo Fort: FOT Colombo: 4.87 0 Maradana: MDA Colombo: 5.46 2.08 Dematagoda: DAG Colombo: 3.05
During the 1900s, it was a combined train - steamer ferry- Train service between India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Connecting Chennai and Colombo, the system initially utilised a rail-to-sea operation, but changed to a rail-sea-rail operation. [1] Passengers could buy a single ticket for the journey from Chennai to Colombo full stretch over sea ...
The Ruhunu Kumari travels the length of Sri Lanka Railways' Coastal Line through the south-west coast of Sri Lanka, from Colombo-Fort to Matara.. The Ruhunu Kumari begins its southbound journey at Maradana station and goes to Fort Railway Station, the primary railway station in Colombo.
Sri Lanka Railways: Services: Ruhunu Kumari Express Train Galu Kumari Express Train Samudra Devi Sagarika Rajarata Rejini Express Train: Operator(s) Sri Lanka Railways: History; Opened: 17 December 1895; 129 years ago () [citation needed] Technical; Line length: 157.88 km (98.10 mi) Number of tracks: Double track: Colombo Fort to Paiyagala South
Train Halt No 01 Wadduwa Pinwatta ... (formerly Katunayake South), Western Province; G. Galle, ... List of railway stations in Sri Lanka by line. Maps. UN Map; References
Operated by Sri Lanka Railways, the Yal Devi connects Colombo, the nation's commercial hub, with the northern cities of Jaffna and Kankesanturai. From 1990 up to 2015, the service had to terminate at intermediate stations, due to the Sri Lankan civil war. The Northern Line was rebuilt and returned to Jaffna Railway Station by October 2014 [3 ...