The Expo Lanka a leading conglomerate business entity in Sri Lanka offers its Super Luxury Rail Service in Sri Lanka.
The Services are Offer for the Main Routes of
Colombo to Kandy (07:00 to 09:30) & Kandy to Colombo (15:00 to 17.30)
Colombo to Badulla (08:15 to 17:53) & Badulla to Colombo (10:00 to 20.25)
Colombo to Vavuniya (16:20 to 21:10) & Vavuniya to Colombo (05:45 to 10.25)
Colombo to Trincomalee (21:00 to 05:10) & Trincomalee to Colombo (19:30 to 04.05)
Things to Consider before Booking Expo Rails
The Expo Rail Compartment is contains 40 sears with 10 rows in total, where you may not gets chance see outside if you’re not book window side seats and its depend on the seats you books.
Specially if your travels to Kandy or Badulla its always better to check with Expo when will Open Deck Compartment will run ( 1 Open Deck Compartment will running to Badulla out of total 8 Expo Rail Compartment), which makesure your not getting disappointment while your journey.
Specially if your nature lover its recommended to check with expo when will Open Deck is available and book accordingly or Book Window side seats.
The Below Window Sides do have much advantages compare to other seats,
4A & 4D – You could see outside without any Crossing of Windows
7A & 7D – You could see outside without any Crossing of Windows
1A & 1D – You could see outside, but Air-condition will be Too much,
10A & 10D – You could see outside but it is a last seats
2A & 2D – lesser the change to see outside, due to seats located in between windows
5A & 5D – lesser the change to see outside, due to seats located in between windows
8A &8D – lesser the change to see outside, due to seats located in between windows
Don’t Book Below seats if you Unable to find any of above Mention seats Number
3A & 3D – You can’t see anything in outside
6A & 6D – You can’t see anything in outside
9A & 9D – You can’t see anything in outside
Facilities in Expo Rail
Compare to any other mode of transport the Expo Rail provide the luxury journey to your desire location of Colombo, Kandy, Badulla, Vavuniya and Trincomalee.
The Expo Rail compartment is made in India and brought it in Sri Lanka for luxury travels of train services in srilanka with Private Public Entity with Expo & Railway Department of Sri Lanka.
The Expo rail is full air-conditioning and maintains the temperature as 21 Celsius to keep you cool. And leather and Fabric Seating and Lighting Brings you the Aero Plane imagination with very well trained cabin crews.
The Expo Rail itself with Modern Toilet facilities with well cleaned. And Expo Rail do have electric Plug points near to every seats to charge your Laptop, Tablet or Mobile in your journey (as long your travels).
For your entertainment expo arrange the TV Shows in entire your journey with English Movies and short programmes of Mind your Languages etc and a Few Wi-Fi facility…
Food and Services
The Expo Rail provides its breakfast, lunch and Dinner according to your journey period. And Breakfast is mostly from the Paan Paan in Colombo and Lunch and Dinner according to the travels. And the Tea or Coffee provides according in morning and evening and depends on your travels.
The Other than Breakfast Lunch and Dinner is not up to the quality as expects. Most of the time foreigners don’t wish to try it (Appreciate if they could improve quality).
The Expo Rail Ride
The While its Luxury compartment, due to the rail track, which you may enjoy the bumpy Journey, which makes your uncomfortable to eat or drink what, served in board.
Cost & Benefits of Expo Rail
| Route | One Way | Return |
| Colombo to Kandy |
Rs. 1,450.00 |
Rs. 2,900.00 |
| Colombo to Badulla |
Rs. 1,975.00 |
Rs. 3,950.00 |
| Colombo to Vavuniya |
Rs. 1,700.00 |
Rs. 3,400.00 |
| Colombo to Trincomalee |
Rs. 1,900.00 |
Rs. 3,900.00 |
Recommendation
While the cost of travel is triple the amount of First Class of railway Couches, it is recommended who needs air-conditioning Environment with clean seats attached to Plug Points to carried out your day today activities with Free Wi-Fi.
The Clean Toilets and Well served Cabin Crews would be another main reason for the safe journey to your desire location.
In Over all be mindful to book your seat with window side as stated above and avoid disappointment on your journey.
Share your experience below Comment space.
Leave a Reply