Omanthai is a little town in North Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

n district of Vavuniya

Vavuniya District

Vavuniya district is one of the 25 administrative districts of Sri Lanka. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The headquarters is located in Vavuniya town...

. The last Sri Lankan army check point which divided the Government and LTTE controlled areas used to be in Omanthai for many years.

Transport

The railway station was the last one open, due to the civil war.

Omanthai is served by the Northern Line of the Sri Lanka Railways

Sri Lanka Railways

Sri Lanka Railway Department, branded "Sri Lanka Railways", is a key department of the Sri Lankan Government under the Ministry of Transport with a history that begins in 1858...

. The town is temporarily the terminus of the line, while the track is being rebuilt to Jaffna

Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...

 and Kankesanturai.

See also

• Thandikulam–Omanthai offensive
• Operation Jayasikurui
  Operation Jayasikurui
  Operation Jayasikurui , was a Sri Lankan military action launched on May 13, 1997; it lasted until it was called off in 1999...
  
  
• Railway stations in Sri Lanka
  Railway stations in Sri Lanka
  List of railway stations in Sri Lanka include:- A :* Ahangama, Southern Province* Ahungalle, Southern Province* Aluthgama, Western Province* Ambalangoda, Southern Province* Ambanpola, North Central Province* Ambepussa, Western Province...