''Rajarata Rejini'' ( si, රජරට රැජිණි, Queen of the King's Land) is a daytime

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that runs between

Anuradhapura Anuradhapura ( si, අනුරාධපුරය, translit=Anurādhapuraya; ta, அனுராதபுரம், translit=Aṉurātapuram) is a major city located in north central plain of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central ...

and

Beliatta Beliatta is a town located in the Hambantota District of Sri Lanka. Geography It is an inland town, approximately, from the coastal town of Tangalle. Beliatta has the second highest mountain range located in the Beliatta Divisional Secretari ...

via

Colombo Fort Fort (Colombo) (; ) is the central business district of Colombo in Sri Lanka. It is the financial district of Colombo and the location of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the World Trade Centre of Colombo from which the CSE operates. It is ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. The ''Rajarata Rejini'' is currently the second longest train journey in Sri Lanka covering the more than 3/4 of the

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and the entire length of the Coastal Line (). The Beliatta-bound train departs from Anuradhapura at 5:00am,"Sri Lanka Railways Timetable"
while the Anuradhapura-bound train leaves Beliatta at 8:45am. The trip takes about 10 hours."Sri Lanka Railways Timetable"
Although the train has different train numbers, (e.g.: 4085 Colombo fort - Anuradhapura, 8085 Beliatta - Colombo Fort) same train runs between Anuradhapura and Beliatta.

Services

The train offers two classes *''Second class'' is more comfortable than the third class. *''Third class'' typically gets very crowded with commuters, And provide only the basic facilities.

Route

The Rajarata Rejini travels the 3/4 length of Sri Lanka Railways' Northern Line and the entire length of the Coastal Line. The Rajarata Rejini begins its Southbound service at Vavuniya and runs south while calling at all the stations up to Polgahawela from Vavuniya and vice versa. From Polgahawela she begins her express service while calling at Alwawwa, Meerigama, Veyangoda, Gampaha, Ragama,

Maradana Maradana is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Maradana is the site of Maradana Railway Station, one of the primary railway hubs in the country, serving intercity rail and commuter rail. Maradana also has many railway yards and running sheds. A te ...

Mount Lavinia Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia ( si, දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස, translit=Dehivala-Galkissa; ta, தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை, translit=Tehivaḷai-Kalkicai), population 245,974 (2012) is the largest suburb of the City of ...

Panadura Panadura ( si, පානදුර, translit=Pānadura; ta, பாணந்துறை, translit=Pāṇantuṟai) is a city in Kalutara District, Western Province in Sri Lanka. It is located approximately south of Colombo and is surrounded on a ...

, Kaluthara South, Aluthgama, Ambalangoda, Hikkaduwa,

Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...

, Thalpe, Koggala, Ahangama, Weligama, Kamburugamuwa and

Matara, Sri Lanka Matara ( si, මාතර, translit=Māthara, ta, மாத்தறை, translit=Māttaṟai) is a major city in Sri Lanka, on the southern coast of Southern Province. It is the second largest city in Southern Province. It is from Colombo. ...

. From Galle, the train runs backwards to Matara as Galle railways station has been designed as a terminus.

Rolling Stock

The service uses M2, M4, M5, M6, M8 or M10 locomotives pulling Romanian-built ASTRA passenger coaches.http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/slrails.html The Railways of Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

References

{{reflist Named passenger trains of Sri Lanka

Services

Route

Rolling Stock

See also

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