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1580:By Province
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18:Matale Line
1797:Categories
1418:References
1297:Frequency
1154:Frequency
1050:Kandy line
884:Rajawatte
782:Mahaiyawa
742:Mawilmada
399:Sudu Ganga
80:newspapers
1746:Boat mail
1658:Main Line
1436:lanka.com
1132:Downwards
1127:Timetable
1004:Main Line
975:Main Line
802:Asgiriya
583:Wattegama
562:Yatawara
522:Marukona
300:Route map
247:Technical
167:Sri Lanka
1703:Stations
1695:(closed)
1552:ExpoRail
1063:Governor
194:Stations
140:Overview
1755:History
1397:Matale
1378:Matale
1359:Matale
1340:Matale
1321:Matale
1302:Matale
1275:Upwards
1260:Matale
1241:Matale
1222:Matale
1203:Matale
1184:Matale
1165:Matale
1091:Ukuwela
1056:History
979:Badulla
481:Ukuwela
440:Elwala
212:Service
202:Website
173:Termini
94:scholar
1729:Trains
1411:Daily
1406:20.00
1403:Kandy
1400:18.40
1392:Daily
1387:18.28
1384:Kandy
1381:17.00
1373:Daily
1368:15.25
1365:Kandy
1362:13.55
1354:Daily
1349:11.45
1346:Kandy
1343:10.15
1335:Daily
1330:07.55
1327:Kandy
1324:06.40
1316:Daily
1311:06.20
1308:Kandy
1305:05.00
1268:Daily
1263:20.03
1257:18.40
1254:Kandy
1249:Daily
1244:18.23
1238:17.10
1235:Kandy
1230:Daily
1225:15.23
1219:14.00
1216:Kandy
1211:Daily
1206:11.40
1200:10.20
1197:Kandy
1192:Daily
1187:08.38
1181:07.04
1178:Kandy
1173:Daily
1168:06.13
1162:05.00
1159:Kandy
1065:, Sir
377:Matale
350:Legend
227:System
185:Matale
163:Locale
145:Status
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1636:Lines
1294:Name
1291:Time
1151:Name
1148:Time
1107:gauge
823:Kandy
153:Owner
101:JSTOR
87:books
1472:help
217:Type
73:news
1622:Uva
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1006:to
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