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Last Updated : 2024-03-29 00:02:00
A special luxury intercity express train will run between Colombo Fort and Kandy every weekend from tomorrow (Oct. 1), Transport and Mass Media Minister Bandula Gunawardena said.
While addressing the media yesterday focusing on "Future Plans for Railways and New Routes" at the Government Information Department, the Minister said people can reserve their seats ahead of their travel plans.
The train leaves Fort Railway Station at 6.30 am every weekend and will reach Kandy at 9.18 am. On the same day, the train will leave Kandy at 4.50 pm and reach Fort at 7.40 pm.
The train consists of four first-class air-conditioned compartments with 44 seats and three second-class compartments with the same number of seats.
The first class fare will be Rs. 2,000 and a second class will be Rs. 1,500 - the fares mentioned above is for one-way journey to Kandy/Fort, the Minister said.
On its journey to Kandy, the train will stop at Gampaha (7.04 am), Veyangoda (7.15 am), Peradeniya (9.03 am), Sarasavi Uyana (9.12 am) before reaching its destination Kandy (9.18 am). The total journey consumes two hours and 48 minutes.
He further said that another luxury train service will also be introduced to Anuradhapura in the near future and it will be announced in due course. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)
DW Friday, 30 September 2022 10:12 AM
Why should this train take almost 3 hours to complete the journey? The Udarata Menike express train, in addition to the above mentioned stations, also stops at Ragama, Polgahawela, Rambukkana and Kadugannawa and still reaches Kandy in just over 2.5 hours. If they charge 1500 for the journey, they should also consider providing faster travel. This is 21st century.
CitizenP Friday, 30 September 2022 11:15 AM
Have they introduced new compartment? Few years ago this Colombo- Kandy intercity train compartments were like travelling in a bullock cart...
Mohammed imran Friday, 30 September 2022 12:52 PM
Why are 1st and 2nd class fares high for this train ? What are the reasons
ttrgu Friday, 30 September 2022 12:54 PM
This is not a new train but the resumption of the train which was stopped due to covid pandemic. Sri Devi intercity to Jaffna , Denuwara Menike Intercity to Badulla , Talaimannar experes and Thalaimannar night mail was also stopped due to Covid but they are yet to be resumed
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