Diesel Locomotives of Sri Lanka

Train Service Names

 

 

 

 

Named Fast Express Trains in Sri Lanka  Meaning Running Province
 Podi Menike (PM)
 Little Maiden
 Colombo Fort to Badulla via Kandy
   (Up-Country)
 Uva
 Udarata Menike (UM)
 Hill Country  Maiden
 Hill Country Lass
 or
 Upcountry Lass or 
 Damsels
 Colombo Fort to Badulla  (Up-
  Country)
Udarata (Sinhalese:),"Up-Country"),of which Uva was a province.  Udarata (Sinhalese: ''Up-Country''), of which Uva was a province.
 Yal Devi (YD)
 
 City of Jaffna  
 (Yal-panam) or
 goddess
 Colombo Fort to Kankesanturai now  stops in Vavuniya
 No train has reported to have run on this line from Omanthai to KKS.
 Northern  
 Uttara Devi (UD)  Northern princess
 Colombo Fort to Kankesanturai now stops in Vavuniya
 
 No train has reported to run from Omanthai to Jaffna and KKS.
 Northern  
 Rajarata Rajini (RR)
 Queen of North
 Central Region
  Matara to Vavuniya  North Central  
 Udaya Devi    Colombo Fort to Batticaloa via Trincomalee Eastern  
 Hijra (migration) an important principle in Islam  Colombo Fort to Batticaloa via Trincomalle Eastern  
 
Muthu Kumari (MK)
 
  Pearl Princess  Colombo Fort to  Puttalam
 North-Western coast.
  
 Senkadagala (SK)
    Menike
The name Senkadagala originated from a Brahmin called Senkadagala who lived in the area or from a queen (called Senkada) of King Wickramabahu or from a coloured stone called Senkada gala.
 
 Colombo Fort to Kandy
 and Matale
  Central Province  The City of Senkadagala (Mahanuwara)
 Tikiri Menike (TM)
 "City in the Hills"
  City of Kandy
 
  Colombo Fort to Kandy  Central Province  
 Denuwara  Menike (DM)  Hill Maiden (Kandy City)  Colombo Fort to Kandy  Central Province
 Ruhunu Kumari (RK)  Princess of Ruhuna
 Colombo For to Matara
 Matara-Kataragama railway line  railway track would be extended up to Hambantota and finally to Kataragama.
 Coastal Line
 Samudra Devi (SD)  Queen of the Sea  Colombo Fort to Galle Coastal line
 Galu Kumari (GK)  Princess of Gaalu  Colombo Fort to Galle Coastal line

Named Fast Express Trains                  Meaning Running Remarks
 Inter-City 
 Express
  (ICE)                                    Colombo Fort to Kandy and to Galle  Express train
 Indo-Ceylon
 Railway
  (ICR)  Colombo Fort to Talaimannar Pier (From Medawachiya Junction to Talaimannar Pier is no longer operate  Abandoned railway line
 Mutwal Railway Harbour Complex  Colombo Fort to Pettah  City
 Kelani Valley  
 Railway 
  (KV)
 Colombo Fort to Avisawella.
 Avisawella to extend the Kelani Valley railway line up to Hambantota through Ratnapura, Opanayake, Pelmadulla and Embilipitiya.
  to replace the narrow gauge track with broad gauge
 Avisawella
 Junction
  (KV)  line to Yatiyantota. Line removed  Closed
 
Uda Pussellawa Railway
 
 Scenic Line
  (UPR) 
  Nuwara-Eliya to Ragalla. Line removed
 Horse Shoue Bend 
 Closed
Anuradhapura Junction  New line  Anuradhapura Junction to Mihintale for buddhist pilgrims.Mihintale which means "Mind is a mountain" or "Mindless Mountain".  New Junction
Viceroy Special  Steam-hauled  Hill country and down the west coast to the beach resort.    Tourist
 
Name Fast Expres
Trains
 
Meaning                                  
 
 
 Remarks
Night Mail Trains  Berths Sleeperettes
Colombo Fort to all long night trains
 
  
Fast Train  Express Colombo Fort to Vavuniya and to Galle  Commuter
 
 Hitachi
  Air-conditioned (AC Express)
 Name used for several trains in the past when air - conditioned was rare,
   Tourists
 
 Matale Railway   Light railway
 Kandy to Matale
  Kandy Town
 
       
 
  
Metro System  Proposed Metro Railway System in 2010
 Moratuwa to Kiribathgoda
 
 Battramulla to Colombo Fort
Planning
 
New link railway New link from Kurunegala to Habarana via Dambulla Planning
 
 Special Thanks to Tissa Abeykoon for providing list

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