Special Air Conditioned Jaffna Night Intercity Express Train
The Department of Railways has decided to commence a special air conditioned Night Intercity Express train to Jaffna runs Friday only start from 17th of June, 2022 onwards for overnight journey that will operate on high-demand routes. Train will operate from Mount Lavinia to Kankesanthurai. This train scheduled to begin its journey every Friday at 10 pm in the night from Mount Lavinia railway station and scheduled to reach the Kankesanthurai railway station at 05.54 am next day (Saturday).
Train will return on every Sunday night at 10 pm from Kankesanthurai railway station and this journey will start from 19th June, 2022 and the express train will reach to Mount Lavinia railway station at 06 am on next day (Monday).
Seat reservation can make through web and mobile apps.
The URL of the web for Seat reservation: https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk
Profile of Jaffna Night Intercity Express train
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Train Operating Time |
Mount Lavinia |
Kankesanthurai |
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10 pm (every Friday) |
05.54 am (every Saturday) |
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Kankesanthurai |
Mount Lavinia |
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10 pm (every Sunday) |
06 am (every Monday) |
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Seat arrangement |
1st class cars (Air Conditioned) |
10 cars named as A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I, and J (each have 52 seats) all 520 Seats are reservations seats |
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Cafeteria |
2 |
Train Departure from Mount Lavinia to Kankesanthurai
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The train Stop Stations |
Departure |
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1. Mount Lavinia |
22:00 hrs |
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2. Dehiwala |
22:03 hrs |
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3. Wellawatte |
22:08 hrs |
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4. Bambalapitiya |
22:16 hrs |
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5. Colombo Fort |
22:25 hrs |
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6. Gampaha |
23:04 hrs |
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7. Veyangoda |
23:15 hrs |
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8. Polgahawela |
23:52 hrs |
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9. Kurunegala |
00.19 hrs |
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10. Anuradhapura |
02.13 hrs |
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11. Vavuniya |
03.11 hrs |
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12. Kilinochchi |
04.26 hrs |
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13. Jaffna |
05.25 hrs |
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14. Kondavil |
05.35 hrs |
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15. Chunnakam |
05.40 hrs |
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16. Kankesanthurai |
05.54 hrs |
Train Departure from Kankesanthurai to Mount Lavinia
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The train Stop Stations |
Departure |
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1. Kankesanthurai |
22:00 hrs |
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2. Chunnakam |
22:07 hrs |
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3. Kondavil |
22:12 hrs |
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4. Jaffna |
22:18 hrs |
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5. Kilinochchi |
23:28 hrs |
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6. Vavuniya |
00:43 hrs |
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7. Anuradhapura |
01:35 hrs |
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8. Kurunegala |
03.32 hrs |
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9. Polgahawela |
04.00 hrs |
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10. Veyangoda |
04.38 hrs |
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11. Gampaha |
04.49 hrs |
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12. Maradana |
05.20 hrs |
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13. Colombo Fort |
05.26 hrs |
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14. Bambalapitiya |
05.38 hrs |
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15. Wellawatte |
05.43 hrs |
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16. Dehiwala |
05.51 hrs |
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17. Mount Lavinia |
06.00 hrs |
This Air Conditioned coach has comfortable 520 reclining chairs, 2 Buffet cars between carriages E and carriages F for passengers. All air-conditioned carriages have facilities such as a passenger information system to inform the current and next stopping station, LCD TV (for entertainment screens) with Wi-Fi speaker system. The interior of coaches will be aesthetically designed to give a modern look.
Ticket fares for the Train for main Railway Stations is as follows;
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Journey |
1st class |
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From station |
To station |
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Colombo Fort |
Kurunegala |
LKR 1,800 |
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Colombo Fort |
Anuradhapura |
LKR 2,000 |
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Colombo Fort |
Kilinochchi |
LKR 2,400 |
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Colombo Fort |
Jaffna/ Kankesanthurai |
LKR 2,800 |
