COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Railways decided to suspend multiple Inter-City & Long Distance train operations due to a low number of ticket bookings, given the present COVID-19 situation in the country.

The canceled train services are: 

1001 – Fort, Colombo to Badulla
1009/110 – Fort, Colombo to Kandy to Fort, Colombo
4003 – Fort, Colombo to Kankasanthurai
4021/4022 – Fort, Colombo to Kankasanthurai to Fort, Colombo
6075 – Fort, Colombo to Polonnaruwa
4017 – Fort, Colombo to Kankasanthurai
8054 – Fort, Colombo to Beliatte
1002 – Badulla to Fort, Colombo
1015 – Fort, Colombo to Badulla
6076 – Polonnaruwa to Fort, Colombo
4018 – Kankasanthurai to Fort, Colombo
8055 – Beliatte to Fort, Colombo
1016 – Badulla to Fort, Colombo

Refer to the Sri Lanka Railways statement below for details of the canceled train operations;

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