For whose Benefit the Railway Time Table was
changed? A Mafia in Place
It seems the change of time table to
the Northern Sector from 1st of May 2015 is an outcome of a mafia in
favour of wealthy Super Luxury bus owners against the commuter interests and comfort;
there is a clear consorted effort by the Ministry of Transport to discourage the
railway commuting, through many means which was historically far more enjoyable
and comfortable, and was a joyful family affair.
Train Time Schedule from
Colombo Fort to Jaffna
T-No
|
D-Time
|
Destination
|
Type
|
Available
|
R-Time
|
05:45
|
Kankesanturai
|
ICE-Ac
|
Daily
|
12:00
|
|
06:05
|
Chunnakam
|
XPT
|
Daily
|
14:17
|
|
09:40
|
Jaffna
|
ICE
|
Sat
|
18:55
|
|
11:50
|
Kankesanturai
|
ICE
|
Daily
|
18:15
|
|
20:40
|
Chunnakam
|
NMT
|
Daily
|
05:50
|
Click on a Train Number for
further information of that train including operating hours of each
station.
Train Timetable from
Jaffna to Colombo Fort
T-No
|
D-Time
|
Destination
|
Type
|
R-Time
|
Available
|
06:30
|
Colombo Fort
|
XPT
|
15:05
|
Daily
|
|
09:10
|
Colombo Fort
|
XPT
|
18:20
|
Sun
|
|
10:10
|
Colombo Fort
|
ICE
|
16:35
|
Daily
|
|
13:45
|
Colombo Fort
|
ICE
|
20:00
|
Daily
|
|
19:00
|
Colombo Fort
|
Night Mail
|
04:17
|
Daily
|
As the first step of this mafia the popular historical names
“Yarl Devi”& “Uttara Devi” have been removed from any form of publicity of
CGR.
Department of Railways for no reasons feels sick about pronouncing those names of the historical trains even through public addressing system of railway way stations and the services as well of those trains have been rendered discouraging to the commuters, by unnecessarily delaying at various stations for various silly reasons – and not given priority for long distance and the commuters are made to exhaust.
The above time table found in the website of CGR not tallies with the ground operational situation and this reflects the lackluster approach of the officers regard the railway operations; for example 4001 starts from Mount-Lavinia as early as 0500hrs and it is not publicly pronounced but has become a popular operation to the dislike of railway officials! Any way arrival time at KKS has been declared as 1200, but never reaches even Jaffna Station not even before 12.30. But earlier, I should say in even in1980s the Intercity Express sets off from Colombo Fort around 0700 hrs and was easily reaching Jaffna by 1230 hrs, why cannot do so now, - the reason is lackluster backstabbing approach by the entire system swallowed by heavily merchandised Intercooler AC bus operators.
When take up the new timing of trains 4078 and 4018 – which can be correlated to Yarl Devi and Uttara Devi respectively though cannot be even compared to those service rendered – scheduled to reach Fort Railway station at 15.30 and 16.30 but always late by few hours, and you can imagine how the collaborators have hatched out the plot to discourage the train travelling. Already exhausted delayed train commuters would have to soak with the peak hour 1600hrs to 1800hrs rush of Pettah and Fort Commercial Hub area, to reach their actual destination from railway station! For whose benefit this new timing?
4089 Night Mail Train (NMT) has been deferred by one hour and twenty minutes, 20.40 from Fort which is scheduled to reach Chunnakam by 0550 hrs, this is a clear attempt to completely annihilate the restarting of 20.50 Express Train that operated in middle 1980s, just after the (NMT) those days.
The main objective of (NMT) is deliver the postal service very next day through all the stations – within the train sorting out also took place to perform it in a perfect manner. How can a mail train reaching Jaffna as late as 0600 hours complete this job perfectly? Why the Department of Railways have to step backwards when there is clear demand and there is stupendous avenues for improving the revenues of railways?
4090 NMT from Jaffna, (do not starts from KKS as advertised) has been provided with short distance engine, and it has to depend on the arriving express train engine for the journey, and if the express train is late, short distance engine has to carry out the job, and have to side change the engine twice, before reaching Colombo, a well plotted delay in favour of Travel Merchants!!
And during good old days There was a time 40 years back I would board the Yarl Devi at 05.55 hours at Fort and get down at Jaffna station at 13.15 and if it is late never more than 15 minutes. If I board Uttara Devi, at Fort 11.55 hours I would get down at Jaffna station surely not later than 19.20, joining the family for dinner. Similarly the down train Yarl Devi and Uttara Devi left KKS at 5.55 and 11.55 respectively and reached Colombo Fort by 14.25 and 20.20 correspondingly regularly. No trouble of adding to the commercial hub peak hour rush transport difficulties.
The NMT those days started at 1800hrs from KKS and reached Colombo Fort at 0445 hrs to deliver the previous day mails to the addresses in Colombo or anywhere else in this tiny island nation; the UP NMT left Fort by 1920 hrs and reached Jaffna by 0445 hrs and KKS by 0545 to deliver the mails very next day, These trains becoming late was a rare occurrence, but today this has become daily sickening affair. Why the Department of Railways has to be submissive to road transport on the expense of commuter comfort and avenues for revamping revenues, which was the case just before 1986!
Better Stick on to Technology and Time table that gives more profit and comfort, that is the index of improving institution of a developing nation!
There was time a villagers came to know the time by passing or arriving train, but today everybody have mobile phone, but this development nothing to do with the Department of Railways!
How to Improvise the arrival Time of Yarl Devi 4078
Chunnakam |
05:30
|
Inuvil
|
05:35 not
required = X - 2mints x1
|
Kondavil
|
05:40
|
Kokuvil
|
05:44 not
required = X
|
Jaffna
|
06:30
|
Punkankulam
|
06:34 not
required = X
|
Navatkuli
|
06:40
|
Thachanthoppu
|
06:44 not
required = X
|
Chavakachchri
|
06:50
|
Sankaththanai
|
06:54 not
required = X
|
Meesalai
|
06:58 not
required = X
|
Kodikamam
|
07:03
|
Mirisuvil
|
07:07 not
required = X
|
Eluthummattvual
|
07:12 not
required = X
|
Pallai
|
07:20
|
Elephant Pass
|
07:34
|
Paranthan
|
07:42 not
required = X
|
Kilinochchi
|
07:49
|
Murikandi
|
08:03:
|
Mankulam
|
08:18
|
Puliyankulam
|
08:36
|
Omantai
|
08:47
|
Thandikulam
|
09:00 not
required = X
|
Vavunia
|
09:07
|
Eratperivakulam
|
09:15 not
required = X
|
Poonewa
|
09:27 not
required = X - 2mints x12
|
Medawachchi
|
09:41
|
Medagama
|
09:53 not
required = X
|
Parasangahawewa
|
09:58
|
Saliyapura
|
10:08
|
Anuradhapura
|
10:30
|
Anuradhapura
New Town
|
10:36 not
required = X
|
Sravasthipura
|
required +2mints x13
|
Talawa
|
10:52
|
Tambuttegama
|
11:05
|
Senarathgama
|
11:17 not
required = X
|
Galgamuwa
|
11:30
|
Ambanpola
|
not
required = X
|
Randenigama
|
not
required = X
|
Maho Junction
|
12:00
|
Thimbiriyagedara
|
not
required = X
|
Nagollagama
|
12:15
|
Ganewatta
|
12:30
|
Wellawa
|
12:44
|
Muttetugala
|
not
required = X
|
Kurunegala
|
12:57
|
Nailiya
|
not
required = X
|
Potuhera
|
13:21 not
required = X
|
Polgahawela
|
required +2mits x19
|
Alawwa
|
not
required = X
|
Ambepussa
|
not
required = X
|
Mirigama
|
14:02 not
required = X all these station can be connected through road transprt - 3mints total 45 of minutes can be recovered
|
Veyangoda
|
14:15
|
Gampaha
|
14:28
|
Ragama
|
14:41
|
Maradana
|
15:00
|
Colombo Fort
|
15:05 can easily be scheduled to 14.20
|
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