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Yaazh Devi express train to be extended to Omanthai

Friday, February 13th, 2009

The Yaazh Devi express train that presently runs between Colombo and Vavuniya is to be extended to Omanthai. The decision to extend the service to Omanthai was taken by the Railways Department recently.
In line with the decision, a Railways Engineers gang was send to Omanthai to survey the current situation. The Railway Engineers who went [...]

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Yaal Devi – The Queen of Express Trains

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Yal Devi made her maiden journey on April 23, 1956, with two other trains, Udarata Menike and Ruhunu Kumari and because of this many, Sri Lankans considered them as three sisters.
Trains no longer arrive at the Jaffna railway station. The familiar ‘kuchu kuchu’ of locomotive engines and the ‘hoooooo’ of their whistles, no longer rent [...]

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