The Sri Lanka Railways Department has announced that the intercity express train operating on the Northern Line during ...

After a lapse of 24 years the Yal Devi will once again be back on track all the way to Jaffna further linking the north and south.Currently the train operates only up to Pallai. On October 13, ...

The slower Yal Devi left at 6.30. The announcer was practising the new and longer list of stations. On the 14th before dawn around 5 a.m., we walked over to the station. It was very quiet. Only a few ...

The Yal Devi Express – inaugurated in 1956 and affectionately known as the “Queen of Jaffna” – made the last of its sorties between Colombo and Jaffna in 1990, ...

The railway service which had been suspended due to derailment of the Colombo-bound Yal Devi express train between Galgamuwa and Ambanpola stations had resumed from this morning, the Railway ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday launched the Yal Devi, connecting Colombo to Kilinochchi, reviving an old rail link after a gap of 23 years. The railway line from Medawachchi in Sri Lanka ...

The recent reopening of the Yal Devi (Queen of Jaffna) Express provides visitors to Sri Lanka with an opportunity they have not had since 1990: to travel by train from Colombo to Jaffna. While ...

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran stayed away from a ceremony on Monday in which President Mahinda Rajapaksa re-launched train services to Jaffna. When contacted, Mr. Wigneswaran ...

The Yaal Devi, the northern train to Jaffna is a must for those who seek to witness lovely landscapes and scenic views. The trains chugs on from Colombo to KKS, ...

The Yal Devi was simply one casualty in the long list of services in the north that were disrupted during Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war. Significantly, ...