Kankesanthurai railway station explained

Kankesanthurai
Type:	Sri Lankan Railway Station
Native Name:
Address:	Kankesanthurai
Country:	Sri Lanka
Line:	Northern Line
Platform:	2
Tracks:	2
Rebuilt:	2 January 2015
Electrified:	No
Owned:	Sri Lanka Railways
Status:	Functioning
Services:	Yal Devi,...
Map State:	collapsed

Kankesanthurai railway station (Tamil: காங்கேசன்துறை தொடருந்து நிலையம் Kāṅkēcaṉtuṟai toṭaruntu nilaiyam) is a railway station in the town of Kankesanthurai in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the north with the capital Colombo. The station was not functioning between 1990 and 2015 due to the civil war. The Northern Line between Jaffna and Kankesanthurai was re-opened on 2 January 2015.^{[1] [2]}

Services

The following train services are available from/to the station:^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Jaffna-KKS railway track roars again. Daily FT. 3 January 2015. 4 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150104195527/http://www.ft.lk/2015/01/03/jaffna-kks-railway-track-roars-again/. 4 January 2015. dead.
2. News: Balachandran. P. K.. Busy Rajapaksa Skips Maiden Run on India-built Jaffna Track. https://web.archive.org/web/20150103134445/http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/Busy-Rajapaksa-Skips-Maiden-Run-on-India-built-Jaffna-Track/2015/01/03/article2601276.ece. dead. January 3, 2015. The New Indian Express. 3 January 2015.
3. Web site: Search Train. Sri Lanka Railways.