Derailment hinders commuting trains on Main Line

Derailment hinders commuting trains on Main Line

November 23, 2019   07:54 pm

Commuting trains on the upcountry railway line has been disrupted by a derailment of a train, the Railway Control Room said.

The locomotive of a Kandy-bound train which had set off from Badulla had derailed near Heel Oya railway station at around 3.30 pm this afternoon (23).

Owing to the situation, the Badulla-bound trains departed from Colombo were commuted only up to Bandarawela railway station.

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