It was a nice Experience, as a Backpacker it was Really neccesery to Book The 2nd/ 1st class, cause of the place trouble in the 3rd. But you have to inform yourself, where to wait and enter the Train, so you dont have time trouble to run to the side of the First class
It was my first time booking a train in Sri Lanka. I got the 1st class ticket, and everything went smoothly. I was able to buy online and receive the ticket 30-60 minutes later. It said to print the ticket or show to the desk, but I took it and they said it’s ok and doesn’t need to be printed. Overall I would do it again, it was so easy to book and once I was there I would just ask the local workers and they were very helpful in telling me where to go. The train itself was ok. Air con was nice and no complaints. It’s not like a western first class, it’s a Sri Lankan first class.