''Rajarata Rejini'' (, Queen of the King's Land) is a daytime

passenger train A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line, as opposed to a freight train that carries goods. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) push-pull train, ...

that runs between

Anuradhapura Anuradhapura (, ; , ) is a major city located in the north central plain of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central Province, Sri Lanka, North Central Province and the capital of Anuradhapura District. The city lies north of the cur ...

and

Beliatta Beliatta is a town located in the Hambantota District of Sri Lanka. Geography It is an inland town, approximately, from the coastal town of Tangalle. Beliatta has the second highest mountain range located in the Beliatta Divisional Secreta ...

via

Colombo Fort Fort (Colombo) (Sinhala: ; Tamil: ) is the central business district of Colombo in Sri Lanka. It is the financial district of Colombo and the location of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the World Trade Centre of Colombo from which the CSE ...

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. The ''Rajarata Rejini'' is currently the second longest train journey in Sri Lanka covering the more than 3/4 of the

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and the entire length of the Coastal Line (). The Beliatta-bound train departs from Anuradhapura at 5:00am, while the Anuradhapura-bound train leaves Beliatta at 8:45am. The trip takes about 10 hours. Although the train has different train numbers, (e.g.: 4085 Colombo fort - Anuradhapura, 8085 Beliatta - Colombo Fort) same train runs between Anuradhapura and Beliatta.

Services

The train offers two classes *''Second class'' is more comfortable than the third class. *''Third class'' typically gets very crowded with commuters, And provide only the basic facilities.

Route

The Rajarata Rejini travels the 3/4 length of Sri Lanka Railways' Northern Line and the entire length of the Coastal Line. The Rajarata Rejini begins its Southbound service at Anuradhapura and runs south while calling at all the stations up to

Polgahawela Polgahawela is a town located in north western Sri Lanka. It is most notable for being a major railway junction. Polgahawela is situated in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka, and is located approximately north-east from the capital city ...

from

and vice versa. From Polgahawela she begins her express service while calling at Alwawwa, Meerigama, Veyangoda,

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, Kaluthara South, Aluthgama,

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, Thalpe, Koggala, Ahangama, Weligama, Kamburugamuwa and

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. From Galle, the train runs backwards to Matara as Galle railways station has been designed as a terminus.

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The service uses S11 DMUE .http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/slrails.html The Railways of Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

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{{reflist Named passenger trains of Sri Lanka

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