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Early steam powered train on the Main line. The first segment of the Main line was opened in 1864, with the construction of the line from Colombo to Ambepussa, 54 km (34 mi) to the east. This was the first rail line in the country. The first train ran on 27 December 1864. The line was officially opened for traffic on 2 October 1865.
railway station Code District Elevation m Distance between Colombo Fort Km; Peradeniya Junction: PDA Kandy: 473.47 115.34 Sarasavi Uyana: SUA Kandy: 479.26 117 Rajawatte
[3] [4] [5] Initially, there were two train passenger/mail services, leaving at the respective ends of the service at 7:00am, with the overall journey taking 4.5 hours. [3] [5] The railway station at Kandy was constructed on a site known as Deiyange Wela. It is 512 m (1,680 ft) above sea level and 120 km (75 mi) from Colombo. [5]
Sri Lanka Railways S14 is a class of diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train sets, built for Sri Lanka Railways by CRRC Qingdao Sifang, China and financed by a Chinese sovereign loan. [1] Nine of these train sets were imported to Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2020. They possess air-conditioned first class along with second class and third class ...
Train Halt No 01 Wadduwa Pinwatta Panadura ... Colombo Fort, Western Province; Colombo, ... Kandy, Central Province;
Colombo–Matara Expressway Kottawa: Matara 126 4 (provision for 6) 765.4 million 6.07 million [3] E02 Outer Circular Expressway Kottawa Kerawalapitiya 29 6 1.12 billion 38.6 million [4] E03 Colombo–Katunayake Expressway New Kelani Bridge: Katunayake: 25.8 6,4 (provision for 6) 291 million [5] 11.28 million E04 Colombo–Kandy Expressway [6 ...
In the mid-1950s, Sri Lanka Railways, under the leadership of B. D. Rampala, started to name major passenger services. [1]Old Udarata Menike express train The Old Yal Devi train at Kurunegala, travelling between Omanthai and Colombo Fort The Deyata Kirula ( Uttara Devi) intercity express train at Kurunegala, travelling between Kankasanthurai and Colombo Fortit will run only up to Anuradhapura ...
The station is located 85.14 kilometres (52.90 mi) from Colombo Fort railway station and 116.82 m (383.3 ft) above sea level. It is the start of the steepest incline along the Colombo - Kandy railway line , between Rambukkana and Kadigamuwa , [ 1 ] a climb of 430 m (1,410 ft) over 21 km (13 mi), with the gradient reaching a 1 in 44 slope , and ...