Rajadhani Express

Rajadhani Express
Overview
Main route(s) Main Line
Other route(s) Coastal Line
Parent company Blue Line Company
Website www.rajadhani.lk

Rajadhani Express (Sinhala: රාජධානි එක්ස්ප්‍රස් Rajadhani Ekspras) 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]

RouteCalling atFrequency
Main LineColombo Fort to Kandy
and Colombo Fort to Badulla (Udarata Menike)		All Main Line stationsDaily for Kandy;
Daily for Badulla
RouteCalling atFrequency
Coastal LineColombo Fort to MatharaColombo Fort, Galle, MatharaDaily (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.

See also

  • ExpoRail, Rajadhani's main competitor, serving a similar niche market

References

  1. ↑ "Luxury rail services on tracks from today". Daily FT. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sri Lankan railway introduces luxury class Services on Colombo -Kandy rails". News.lk. 2011-11-07. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Time Schedules and Rates". Rajadhani Express. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
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