Sri Lanka Railways is planning to introduce a new Intercity train from Colombo Fort to Polonnaruwa as we heard from several sources. The service will start from mid of September 2019.
Below is the expected train schedule and the total journey would take less than 6 hours.
| Train | Station | Time |
| Polonnaruwa bound | Colombo Fort | 15:05 |
| Polonnaruwa | 19:47 | |
| Colombo bound | Polonnaruwa | 03:45 |
| Colombo Fort | 09:08 |
