Sri Lankan Trains – Kandy to Ella
Sri Lanka is visited by many tourists all around the world with many hopes. Even though you have visited Sri Lanka, if you don’t have a photo hanging on a train, that will be a thing to re-consider of your tour. Sri Lanka is well known for its rail system that has been built during British rule system. The Famous Sri Lankan blue train is also known as the Podimanike was a train running around the hill country which was used by many tourists in and around the world. Do you know that it is no more?
Scenic Sri Lankan train ride
There are many known destinations in Sri Lanka that can be visited using the train. The range of this blue train covered was a huge one. The Kandy to Ella route is considered one of the most iconic tours using the train. If you have already seen a photograph showing a man hanging on a train, that must be an image taken during the tour from Ella to Kandy. A Class s 12 train had been used to transport passengers in the past and that has been replaced by a Class S 14 train which makes typical blue train is no more to the passengers. Though it’s no more, you still have all the privileges and more facilities from its new replacement.
Still you can travel by a Blue train
But, you will still be pleased to know that there is still one blue train available for the passengers who love traveling on that train. A Famous Sri Lankan blue train was used for both Udarata Manike and Podimanike trains. But, the remaining one is the Kandy-Ella Special train. As the name suggests in Sinhala, you can have a visit to Kandy from this blue train.
