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Hello and welcome back to Sri Lanka for a ride on one of the country's NIGHT MAIL services!
Today we will be travelling from Badulla to Colombo in what is sold as 'First Class', but as you'll see, it is anything but! I really wanted this trip to be great, but unfortunately these coaches are only good for one thing, and that's the scrap heap!
Date of Filming: 7/8/22
Camera: GoPro Hero 10 Black
Operator: Sri Lankan Railways
Departure: Badulla, Sri Lanka
Arrival: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Cost: 'First Class' Sleeper 4950 SL Rupees (Ā£12.07, ā¬14.11, $15.38)
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I mean for $15.....compared to what most hotels look like for that same price it honestly didn't look like the worst thing ever. Yeah it was run down and all but...$15!
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While the sleeper doesn't look the best, the surrounding Sri Lankan nature definitely makes up for it. The Class M6 was specifically manufactured by Thyssen-Henschel in Kassel under license from Electro-Motive Division in the US. These locomotives were originally imported for use on flat terrain, but they are very successful in higher terrain because of its Flexicoil bogies and dynamic brakes. As you brought up, this was built during the colonial period, and was first founded in 1858. During then, Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon. Ceylon was based off the name the Portuguese gave to the island, CeilĆ£o. Ceylon then became a dominion in 1948, and then a republic in 1972 when they changed the name.
Sri Lanka has such a unique flag. The lion and the maroon background represent the Sinhalese, while the saffron border and four bo leaves represent the four Buddhist virtues of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity. The eight hairs on the lion's tail represents the Noble Eightfold Path. The stripes represent the country's two largest minorities, with the orange representing the Tamils living in Sri Lanka, and the green stripe representing the Sri Lankan Moors (Muslims of Sri Lanka). The golden yellow border represents the other minority communities of the country like Malays, Burghers, Kaffirs, and the indigenous Vedda.
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Just came back from Sri Lanka and honestly, I loved their trains! I didn't take this one, and I'll admit, it doesn't look luxurious, but it smells like adventure (the literal smell may be of something else though). I'd probably have the time of my life on board of this one :)
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Iām a Sri Lankan and I feel sorry about it. :( Political leaders ruining my beautiful country š„ŗ
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Did you see those beautiful wooden rails at the ticket office!?!?!
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We rode the same train in 2016. The rough condition of the track made it scarely bumpy in places, we worried the train would come off. But we enjoyed the excitement of it all! IIRC our toilet, shared with the compartment next door, had a linkage to the locks so by locking yours it locked the other one. And vice versa - otherwise you could leave their door locked meaning your neighbours couldn't use it!
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Still impressed at the amount of mail an express being hauled. Not many old-school mail trains left in the world. Wouldāve been neat to see how many āhead endā cars of mail and express were on this train. Hopefully Sri Lanka can modernize its railways while maintaining this level of service, Itās something weāve lost in most of the developed world.
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Thanks for the update
I've been on this train during our school holidays, a good 70 years ago. We hardly slept. Enjoyed the ride by night. It's sad to note how times have changed. Fortunately ,age does not permit a dismal trip. Thank you.
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I totally agree with you; I had to face this situation a while ago. The challenges with the sleeper train in Sri Lanka can be quite frustrating at times. Let's hope for improvements to make the experience more comfortable for passengers.
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Nice. I was in Bandarawela, nearly 25 years ago. We visited a SLBC station which should be modernized. I was very impressed by the beautiful nature. And I will never forget when the managers of the SLBC in Colombo made us (german IT broadcast engineers) a special present. A old vinyl record with a speech from Adolf H. We were a little bit confused, but kept on smiling. š
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My favourite part of the video are the dusk and dawn segments, where the lights of the train, and the houses in the distance, give you the illusion of being in a safe, although not particularly clean, cocoon.
What I don't quite understand is the different attitudes towards cleanliness in public spaces. Not just between countries; it differs between people as well. Unless people live in abject poverty, it's rare to walk into someone's house and find it dirty. Maybe for a single male, but it's rare.
Friends of mine went to India. one strait on from Sri Lanka, and described how tables would be laden with lovely flower petals ā but underneath, there would be rubbish. Obviously, if you go and visit someone, you'll find everything spic and span.
Sorry that you had to endure this for our benefit. At least, now we know how not to travel inside Sri Lanka. There's always that.
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I watched this video and thank you for same!!
I am a Sri Lankan and i am very sorry for the inconveniences you have to bear with due to the poor conditions of this night train. I hope you will have a better ride next time. Please avoid the night trains.
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I have been on this track nearly 55 years back when the engines were steam. The steam engine would pull the train saying something like this "Uredata Manikata Pataputta Dekadeka"....those were the days fun nice clean and enjoyable especially when we were kids.
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Very well presented with a sprinkle of historic facts and most importantly without sugar coating š
. Hats off to you.
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I've been on the Columbo to Kandy journey. No first class on my train and SriLankans all have very sharp elbows
That train looked quite grubby, yes. There was no really rough bumpy parts on the video but I sure there were quite a few in reality. Yes wonderful views and Cheap tickets, my cheapest was 5p. Also all the beautiful British manual Signals and stations.
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Wow it doesnāt look the best š but Iām from Sri Lanka and Iāve never even knew we had sleeper trains. Because Sri Lanka is small country normally people just go on the normal seats. But still interesting to see thanks for the videoš
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Hey! Nonstop.
I have watched every video uploaded on this channel in the last 2-3 years. All that time I thought how bad our railway system is. Apart from some countries in Africa, I have seen the dirtiest trains with very little comfort in Sri Lanka.
As a Sri Lankan, my experiences in these trains are the same, so there is nothing to be surprised about.
Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you and ashamed of ourselves for seeing these things.
Waiting for the next train ride vlog (from Sri Lanka)
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I don't mind run down so much as not clean. As long as the room is scoured clean, I can put up with a lot.
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This railway was built by the British to replace bullock carts and horse-driven carriages. In the present this railway is already outdated, as trains running at speeds over 500km/h have become a reality. The distance of the railway from Colombo to Badulla is 288km compared to the road distance of 232km. The maximum possible speed along the stretch from Nawalapitiya to Badulla (150km) is around 32km/h. This railway cannot be developed, but can be preserved as a heritage railway. Even local passengers use this railway for the purpose of admiring the beauty of the Central Highlands and not as a fast and efficient transport mode.
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@AverytheCubanAmerican
7 months ago
Yeah a lot of railway lines in once colonized countries like Sri Lanka were built for transporting goods with passenger travel being an after thought. Another example is Cuba, which actually got trains before Spain itself did. The then Queen Regent of Spain, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, approved the building of the first line in Cuba, which was a 27.5 km/17.1 miles line from Havana to Bejucal built by the CompaƱĆa de Caminos de Hierro de la Habana in November 1837. Cuba even has an interurban, the Hershey Electric Railway, which is Cuba's only electric line and was built by the Hershey Company between Havana and Matanzas via Hershey (now Camilo Cienfuegos) to transport sugar to the port at Havana. Even St. Kitts has a railway. The track of the St. Kitts Scenic Railway was originally laid from 1912 to 1926, to deliver sugar cane from the plantations to the new centralized sugar mill in Basseterre. Previously, each plantation had its own sugar mill. Today, the 18-mile/29 km long line is a tourist train.
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