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The National Railway Museum of Sri Lanka is located in Kadugannawa, west of Kandy. The museum is owned by Sri Lanka Railways. The museum was opened on 27 December 2014 in order to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the railways in Sri Lanka. Previously, the museum was located in Colombo [2]; the old museum was opened in May 2009. [3]
railway station Code District Elevation m Distance between Colombo Fort Km; Maradana: MDA Colombo: 5.46 2.08 Baseline Road: BSL Colombo: 5.18 2.82 Cotta Road: CRD Colombo: 5.65 3.46 Manning Town MAT Colombo: Narahenpita: NHP Colombo: 3.65 5.04 Kirulapone: KPE Colombo: 7.26 Nugegoda: NUG Colombo: 3.96 9.04 Pengiriwatte: Colombo: Udahamulla: UHM ...
When the railways first opened in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1864, trains terminated at Colombo Terminus Station, a now-retired station near Maradana. The earliest station to be called Fort was a small station, built in 1877 when the Coast Line was built. This original station sat on the site of present-day Secretariat Halt just west of today's Fort ...
Colombo, Western Province (currently the National Railway Museum, Colombo) D. Dematagoda, ... List of railway stations in Sri Lanka. 1 language ...
When the railways first opened in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1864, trains terminated at Colombo Terminus Station, a now-retired station near Maradana. In 1906, a project was launched to reorganise the railway within the Colombo area. Colombo Terminus Station was closed and replaced by the new Maradana Station. [1]
In the 1990s, Sri Lanka Railways converted the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge Kelani Valley line into 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge. This was the last narrow gauge line left in Sri Lanka, and its conversion to broad gauge put the fleet of narrow gauge locomotives out of use. All operational locomotives in the country today are broad gauge.
Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern line which links north of the country with the capital Colombo. The station is the 46th station and is located 136.68 km (84.93 mi) from Colombo Fort , 65 km (40 mi) from Polgahawela and situated 92.07 m (302.1 ft) above sea level.
In February 2008 Chevron Sri Lanka provided RS. 7 million to Sri Lanka Railways to renovate and restore the railway station. [7] The refurbishment was completed by June 2008, prior to the commencement of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit. The works included drainage, landscaping, colour washing of the station building ...
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