Derailment disrupts train services on Colombo-Badulla main line

By Prasad Rukmal

Badulla, August 16 (Daily Mirror)- Train service on the Colombo-Badulla main line came to a standstill this afternoon due to a derailment at Demodara. 

A senior official of the Nawalapitiya Control Room said one of the goods wagons in the Kandy bound train from Badulla had derailed when it was approaching the Demodara railway station. 

He said a team was scheduled to arrive from Badulla to restore services.