Severe rainfall disrupts train services, cancellations announced

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January 11, Colombo (LNW): Numerous train services have been temporarily halted owing to flooding caused by the intense rainfall witnessed today (11).

Two night-mail trains that were originally scheduled to operate between Batticaloa and Colombo on the current date have been cancelled, the Department of Railway announced.

Furthermore, the express train, Udaya Devi, which operates from Colombo-Fort to Trincomalee via Batticaloa, and the train scheduled from Batticaloa to Colombo on the upcoming day, January 12, have also been suspended due to the prevailing weather conditions.

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