Special train services will be available during the next long weekend for the benefit of travellers to the hill country.
Planning Director of the Railway Department said that additional intercity express trains between Colombo Fort and Bandarawela railway stations will be operated on the request of commuters. The trains will leave the Colombo Fort railway station at 8.35am on the 16th and the 18th while they will leave Bandarawela railway station at 6.40am on the 17th and the 19th . He said that a security plan is also being implemented for the safety of the commuters.