COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The "Queen of Jaffna," a once-popular train linking the ethnic Tamil's northern heartland to the rest of Sri Lanka before a bloody civil war cut the link 24 years ago, chugs back ...

A ONCE-popular train linking the ethnic Tamil region to the rest of Sri Lanka comes back into service next week, 24 years after a bloody civil war cut the link to the region. Did you know with a ...

Colombo: The "Queen of Jaffna," a once-popular train linking the ethnic Tamil's northern heartland to the rest of Sri Lanka before a bloody civil war cut the link 24 years ago, chugs back into service ...

The "Queen of Jaffna," a once-popular train linking the ethnic Tamil's northern heartland to the rest of Sri Lanka before a bloody civil war cut the link 24 years ago, chugs back into service next ...

As an engineer testing the newly-laid tracks in northern Sri Lanka, Ravindra Yadav is extra careful. “People tend to cross the tracks any time,” he says, driving a posh-looking yellow-coloured engine ...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Cheered by tens of thousands of people, a train decorated with banana plants and colorful flower garlands arrived in Sri Lanka’s northern Tamil heartland on Monday, 24 years ...

Jaffna: Sri Lanka’s president Monday launched train services to the battle-scarred city of Jaffna nearly 25 years after a bloody ethnic conflict destroyed the region’s entire railway network.

RAIL services between the south of Sri Lanka and its battle-scarred northern peninsula resumed on October 13th, for the first time in 24 years. Moments after the first train to complete the reopened ...

All trains including the office trains operating on the mainline were delayed after a Jaffna bound train derailed between the Maradana and Colombo Fort Railway Stations this morning, the Railway ...

Colombo, January 27 (Daily Mirror) - The Railways Department is set to commence the Jaffna night mail train service between Colombo Fort Railway Station and Kankesanthurai Railway Station from January ...

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