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Train breaks down causing delays on coastal line

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The Department of Railways announced that a train has encountered a technical fault near the Panadura railway station this morning (17), causing delays in the coastal line train operations.The train that encountered the technical fault was taken to Panadura railway station by another train, the department further said.




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