The 5.45 a.m. Yal Devi Express Train from Colombo which terminated at Medawachiya on the Northern line will be extended to Vavuniya from today (December 16).
GMR Lalithsiri Gunaruwan getting down from Yal Devi at Vavuniya
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 [...]
Total ban on public transport out of Vavuniya
The government has suspended passenger train services to Vavuniya and blocked the movement of all civilian vehicles, including public sector transport southwards beyond Irretteperiyakulam, Vavuniya with immediate effect as part of security measures to meet the LTTE’s military challenge.
Train services will continue up to Medawachchiya on the northern [...]
