Rajadhani Express

This article is about the train service provider in Sri Lanka. For the train service in India, see Rajdhani Express.

Rajadhani Express
Overview
Main Routes(s):	Main Line
Other Routes(s):	Coastal Line
Parent company:	Blue Line Company
Website:	http://www.rajadhani.lk/

Rajadhani Express is a train service provider in Sri Lanka, a part of Blue Line Company. Rajadhani Express provides premium services on several routes in Sri Lanka, in partnership with Sri Lanka Railways. Although it does not yet operate its own trains for scheduled services, it operates carriages that are attached to trains operated by Sri Lanka Railways.

Overview

Detail of logo and livery

Although Rajadhani Express carriages are attached to Sri Lanka Railways-operated trains, Rajadhani provides on-board services and markets it as a separate operation. The service is aimed at middle and upper middle-income and tourist markets. Sri Lanka Railways generates revenue by charging Rajadhani a standard first-class fare per seat. Rajadhani charges an additional premium on its passengers beyond the standard fare to provide its services.^[1]

History

The Blue Line Company launched Rajadhani Express on October 1, 2011, with its first service on a Kandy intercity train. On the same day, a competing service was launched by Expolanka, called ExpoRail.^[2]

Services

Rajadhani Express serves three routes, on two major rail lines in Sri Lanka.^[3]

	Route	Calling at	Frequency
Main Line	Colombo Fort to Kandy and Colombo Fort to Badulla (Udarata Menike)	All Main Line stations	Daily for Kandy; Daily for Badulla

	Route	Calling at	Frequency
Coastal Line	Colombo Fort to Mathara	Colombo Fort, Galle, Mathara	Daily (except Thursdays)

Rolling Stock

Rolling stock

Rajadhani Express uses Romanian-built ASTRA passenger coaches. Imported by Sri Lanka Railways in the 1990s, they were refurbished in 2011-2012 to Rajadhani's specifications.

References

↑ "Luxury rail services on tracks from today". Daily FT. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
↑ "Sri Lankan railway introduces luxury class Services on Colombo -Kandy rails". News.lk. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
↑ "Time Schedules and Rates". Rajadhani Express. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

Rail transport in Sri Lanka

By Province	Central Province Eastern Province North Central Province Northern Province North Western Province Sabaragamuwa Southern Province Uva Western Province

Railway lines	Batticaloa Line Coastal Line Kelani Valley Line Main Line Mannar Line Matale Line Mihintale Line Northern Line Puttalam Line Trincomalee Line Udupussallawa railway (closed)

Stations	List of railway stations Railway stations by province List of railway stations by line

Trains	Locomotives Named passenger trains Boat mail

Operators/service providers	Sri Lanka Railways ExpoRail Rajadhani Express Viceroy Special

History	Railway accidents Bandarawela Hotel National Railway Museum

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