COLOMBO (News 1st) – The first ever train on the newly constructed Matara Beliatta railway line is to start operations at 10 am tomorrow (January 06).

This was confirmed to News 1st by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.

The train is to start from Beliatta to Matara.

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