The Yal Devi was a very comfortable train. You got into the Yal Devi after lunch and you reached Jaffna in time for dinner. The same way, you got into the Utthara Devi early morning and reached Jaffna in time for lunch.
The Yal Devi thundered along the rail tracks for decades until it was stopped in its track by the separatist terrorists, who believed the train was working against their ideals, because the Yal Devi brought together the people of the North and the South.
The words Yal Devi have become part of the Jaffna Tamil language. When a person walked fast, people would say he moved like the Yal Devi.
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