Main Line (Sri Lanka)

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freight rail line passenger rail line railway line

Main Line (Sri Lanka) is a major railway route running inland from Colombo through the central highlands, serving as one of the country’s primary passenger and freight corridors.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Colombo–Badulla route 1
Main Line (Sri Lanka Railways) 1
Main Line railway of Sri Lanka 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freight rail line ⓘ
passenger rail line ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connectsCity Badulla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bandarawela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Haputale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nanu Oya NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsPort Port of Colombo (via Colombo Fort) NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStart 19th century ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
endingPoint Badulla railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
freightType agricultural products ⓘ
general goods ⓘ
plantation products ⓘ
gauge 1,676 mm broad gauge ⓘ
hasJunction Peradeniya Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ragama Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPurpose coffee transport ⓘ
tea transport ⓘ
transport of plantation products ⓘ
maximumElevationApprox over 1,800 metres above sea level ⓘ
notableService Night Mail train NERFINISHED ⓘ
Podi Menike express train NERFINISHED ⓘ
Udarata Menike express train NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedForTraffic late 19th century ⓘ
operator Sri Lanka Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner Sri Lanka Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThroughRegion Sri Lankan central highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThroughTown Bandarawela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ella NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gampaha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Haputale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hatton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nanu Oya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peradeniya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ragama NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
railNetwork Sri Lanka Railways network ⓘ
roleInNetwork backbone of inland rail transport in Sri Lanka ⓘ
scenicReputation one of the most scenic railway routes in Sri Lanka ⓘ
startingPoint Colombo Fort railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
terminus Badulla railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colombo Fort railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackConfiguration single track with passing loops ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombo Fort railway station → connectsTo → Main Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
Colombo Fort railway station → servesRoute → Main Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombo–Badulla route
Sri Lanka Railways → operatesLine → Main Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
Up Country → transportConnection → Main Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Main Line railway of Sri Lanka
Maradana railway station → railwayLine → Main Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
Badulla → railwayLineTerminusOf → Main Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Main Line (Sri Lanka Railways)