Vavuniya railway station explained

Vavuniya
Type:Sri Lankan Railway Station
Native Name:Tamil: வவுனியா
Sinhala; Sinhalese: වවුනියා
Address:Vavuniya
Country:Sri Lanka
Map Type:Sri Lanka Vavuniya Central
Map Dot Label:Vavuniya railway station
Map Label Position:left
Line:Northern Line
Electrified:No
Owned:Sri Lanka Railways
Status:Functioning

Vavuniya railway station (Tamil: வவுனியா தொடருந்து நிலையம் Vavuṉiyā toṭaruntu nilaiyam) is a railway station in the city of Vavuniya 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 popular Yarl Devi service calls at the station and the also popular service Rajarata Rejini terminates at the station, which starts at Matara in down south. No services operated north of Vavuniya after 1990 due to the civil war.[1] Reconstruction of this section of the line commenced following the end of the civil war in 2009. Currently services operate up to KKS.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Edirisinghe. Dasun. Rebuilding of KKS – Vavuniya rail track: JVP unions offer free labour with demands; We can do it without them – Dallas. The Island (Sri Lanka). 10 March 2009.
  2. News: Yal Devi off to Palai. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 March 2014.