It is reported that due to a repair work on the railway line, the Northern Railway is running only from Colombo to Anuradhapura and it is currently planned to complete the repair work on the railway line from Anuradhapura to Vavuniya next month.
It is reported that Mr. Ashoka Munasinghe, Director of the Mahawa-Omantha Railway Project, has stated that it will be possible to resume train operations on the Northern Railway from Colombo to Kankasanture by July 15th.