Scenic route
Ruhunu Kumari
Colombo → Matara · Sri Lanka
- Distance
- 158 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 50 min
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- Sri Lanka Railways
- Train
- Class S12 DMU
- Countries
- Sri Lanka
- In service since
- 1955
Sri Lanka’s first intercity express (1955) — hugging the Indian Ocean so closely between Colombo and Galle that spray from the breakers reaches the footboards.
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