Puttalam Line: Colombo Fort- Puttalam trains to resume tomorrow
February 15, 2026 03:39 pm
Train services up to the Puttalam Railway Station along the Puttalam railway line will resume tomorrow (16), the Department of Railways has announced.
Accordingly, the Puttalam railway line will be fully reopened tomorrow and trains will operate from Colombo Fort to Puttalam, the Department confirmed.
Train services on the Puttalam line were temporarily suspended due to damages caused by Cyclone Ditwah.
Services were later extended in several stages up to the Negombo, Kochchikade, Nattandiya, and Kudawa railway stations. On December 29, services were extended up to the Chilaw Railway Station.
Train operations along the Puttalam railway station had been disrupted due to severe damage, including the railway track being washed away near the Baththuluoya bridge between Chilaw and Puttalam stations, a landslide onto the tracks near Thillayadi sub-station, and multiple sections of the track being washed away into the Deduru Oya near the Manuwangama sub-station, the Department of Railways noted.
