Batticaloa line

Batticaloa line
Rail bus in Punani railway station
Overview
Owner	Sri Lanka Railways
Termini	Maho Junction Batticaloa
Stations	31
Service
Type	Inter-city rail and regional rail
System	Sri Lanka Railways
Services	*Udaya Devi Express Train *Pulathisi Intercity Express train *Meenagaya night Intercity express train *Maho-Batticaloa mix train
Operator(s)	Sri Lanka Railways
History
Opened	1928
Technical
Line length	212 km (132 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	No
Route map v t e Batticaloa Line Legend Batticaloa Eravur Vandaramoolai Dewapuram Sittankudi Kalkudah Valaichchenai Valaichchenai Lagoon Kadadasi Nagar Punanai Rideethenna Aselapura Welikanda Sevanapitiya Kolakanaweli Manampitiya Flood Plains National Park Mahaweli River Flood Plains National Park Gallella Polonnaruwa Perakum Uyana Laksha Uyana Jayanthipura Hathamuna Oya Hath Amuna Hingurakgoda Minneriya Aggala Waan Oya Minneriya Reserved Forest Areas Trincomalee line to Trincomalee Gal Oya Junction Gal Oya Junction Hatares Kotuwa Habarana Yan Oya Palugaswewa Horiwila Kekirawa Ihalagama Kalawewa Kala Oya Avukana Negama Moragollagama Ranamukgama Konwewa Yapahuwa Northern line to Kankesanthurai Maho Junction Northern line to Colombo Fort

The Batticaloa line is a railway line in Sri Lanka. Branching off the Northern line at Maho Junction, the line heads east through North Central Province and south-easterly through Eastern Province before terminating at the eastern city of Batticaloa. The line is 212 kilometres (132 mi) long and has 31 stations.^[1] The line opened in 1928.^[2] There were no services on the Polonnaruwa-Batticaloa stretch of the line between 31 October 1996 and 12 April 2003 due to the civil war.^[3] The Udaya Devi service operates on the line.