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Kandy railway station. / 7.2888; 80.63151. Kandy railway station ( Sinhala: මහනුවර දුම්රිය ස්ථානය, Tamil: கண்டி ரயில் நிலையம்) is a major railway station in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways and is the primary railway station in Kandy and one of ...
railway station Code District Elevation m Distance between Colombo Fort Km; Peradeniya Junction: PDA Kandy: 473.47 115.34 Sarasavi Uyana: SUA Kandy: 479.26 117 Rajawatte
1998 Temple of the Tooth attack. / 7.29389°N 80.63861°E / 7.29389; 80.63861. The 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack was an attack on the Temple of the Tooth Relic, located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The shrine, which is considered to be important to the Buddhists in Sri Lanka, houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, and is also a UNESCO ...
July 4: Jaffna: An attack by an LTTE suicide bomber on a Sri Lankan minister results in the death of 25 people. [16] [26] July 18: Battle of Mullaitivu (1996): The LTTE overruns the Sri Lanka Army camp at Mullaitivu. The number of killed in action and missing in action Sri Lankan soldiers from this attack was over 1200. [27]
Main Line to Colombo Fort. Inaugurated in 1880, the Matale line (sometimes referred to as the Kandy line) is a branch railway line in Sri Lanka. Operated by Sri Lanka Railways, the line includes some of the busiest rail services in the country. [1]
Sri Lanka Railways began partnering with ExpoRail and Rajadhani Express in 2011 for premium service on major routes. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Its northern line , affected by almost three decades of war, is being rebuilt; in 2015, it was restored to Jaffna and Kankesanthurai at pre-war levels The maximum speed on this line is currently 120 km/h(74 mph). [ 15 ]
August 2, 2024 at 2:08 AM. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka won the toss and chose to bat first against India in their ODI opener on Friday. India comes into the ...
The Sri Lankan anti-Muslim riots were a series of religious riots targeting Muslims that began in the town of Ampara located in Sri Lanka on 26 February 2018, spreading to the Kandy District from March 2 until its end on March 10, 2018. Muslim citizens, mosques, and other properties were attacked by mobs of Sinhalese Buddhists.