Train services between Colombo Fort and Chilaw on the Puttalam Railway line resumed from yesterday (29), the Railways Department announced. Arrangements have been made to resume trains to Chilaw following the completion of repair work on the affected section of the track. 

Train services between Colombo Fort and Chilaw/Puttalam were suspended after a section of the Railway track near the Kadupitiya Oya Bridge, located between the Kudawewa and Madampe Railway Stations, was washed away due to cyclonic floods in November. Accordingly, five trains stationed at the Chilaw Railway Station were not deployed for service, as operations on the line were limited only up to the Nattandiya Railway Station.

In addition, trains will continue to run between Colombo Fort and Negombo as usual in the morning and evening.

The train schedule from Colombo Fort to Chilaw and from Chilaw to Colombo Fort is as follows: Colombo Fort to Chilaw (4.30 p.m., 4.45 p.m., 5.18 p.m., 6.10 p.m., and 7.10 p.m.), and Chilaw to Colombo Fort (4.20 a.m., 4.50 a.m., 5.30 a.m., 5.50 a.m., and 6.10 a.m.).