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Chennai Central is a terminal station with bay platforms. The average length of railway tracks in the station is 600 metres. [30] The entire complex has 17 platforms to handle long-distance trains with 5 platforms exclusively for suburban trains. The total length of the station is about 950 m.
The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya; Tamil: இலங்கை புகையிரத சேவை Ilankai Pugaiyiradha Sēvai) is Sri Lanka 's railway owner and primary operator. As part of ...
The Rameswaram (Boat Mail) Express, previously known as the Boat Mail or Indo-Ceylon Express, is an express train that connects Rameswaram with the state capital Chennai via Tambaram, Chengalpet, Melmaruvattur, Viluppuram, Cuddalore port, Chidambaram, Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai, Tanjore, Tiruchchirappalli, Pudukkottai, Karaikudi, Sivagangai, Manamadurai, Paramakkudi and Ramanathapuram.
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 ...
The first railway station to be built in Madras was the Royapuram station constructed in 1855 though the city had a railway line that dates back to the 1840s. Fundamentally, Chennai has 4 suburban railway lines, [2] namely North line, West line, South line and MRTS line. The South West line, West North line and West South line are merely minor ...
The Kelani Valley line was originally built from Colombo to Yatiyanthota via Avissawella during 1900–1902. It was branched off at Avissawella and extended up to Opanayaka via Ratnapura (completed in 1912). Originally built as a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge [1] line to serve the rubber plantations in the area, the railway line between ...
List of railway stations in Sri Lanka. ... Cotta Road Baseline Road Main Line: ... Kalawewa Railway Station, North Central Province;
The Mannar line is a railway line in Sri Lanka. Branching off the northern line at Medawachchiya Junction, the line heads north-west through North Central and Northern provinces before terminating at the town of Talaimannar. The line is 106 kilometres (66 mi) long and has 11 stations. [ 3] The line opened in 1914.