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Recommencement of train services to Kilinochchi will provide job opportunities for war-affected youth, Government officials said. Train services to Kilinochchi will commence on September 14 after 28 years.Media Secretary to the Transport Ministry Sujith Withanapathirana told The Nation that the recommencement of train services would provide job opportunities to youth in Kilinochchi. “Substitute labor for the Railway Department will be from Kilinochchi,” he said.Kilinochi District Secretary Rupavathi Ketheeswaran speaking to The Nation said, “I believe that the commencement of the extended railway service will open job opportunities to the youth of the North.” The rehabilitation of the northern railway line from Omanthai to Kilinochi, which is of a distance of 62km, is only the first stage of the 150km railway line from Omanthai to Kankesanturai. Further extension of the track to Jaffna and Kankesanthurai are under constructions. The newly built railway line enables the train to run at a speed of 110 kmph. The Railway Department plans to operate three trains to Kilinochchi on a daily basis during the initial stage.The Yal Devi train was bombed by the LTTE on January 19, 1985 killing 34 passengers. President Mahinda Rajapaksa will officially launch the train service to Kilinochchi at the opening of newly built Kilinochchi Railway Station. The line of credit in redeveloping infrastructure in the North is a part of India’s assistance that provided a loan of US$ 800 million. - See more at: http://www.nation.lk/edition/news-online/item/20748-job-opportunities-open-for-kilinochchi-youths.html#sthash.4L64IS9w.dpuf