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Puttalam railway station

Puttalam railway station

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Puttalam railway station is a railway station in the Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways, which is the state-run railway operator.

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The station is located 135 kilometres (84 mi) from Colombo Fort railway station[1] and 2.04 m (6.7 ft) above sea level.

The station was the original terminus of what was originally known as the North West line. It was officially opened on 12 May 1926.[2][3][4]

In 1943 the track from Bangadeniya to Puttalam was removed, as the rails were required on other strategically important routes due to shortages caused by World War II.[5] It was re-laid in 1946 with a number of new stations added to the line. As a result, a new railway station was constructed approximately 1.6 km (0.99 mi) south-east of the town centre, with the old station becoming redundant.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Station Details in Puttlam Line". Sri Lanka Railways. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Colonial Reports - Annual, Issues 1357-1377". Colonial Office. 1927: 60. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. [3]
    Wijenayake, Walter (25 July 2009). "How Sri Lankan railways came into being". The Island. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. [4]
    Dr David Hyatt (2000). Railways of Sri Lanka (PDF). Comrac. ISBN 0-9537304-0-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  5. [5]
    Goonesinghe, Satish (28 January 2001). "Something to rail about". Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  6. [6]
    Perera, Kanishka D. "Rail Routes of Sri Lanka - Past and Present". Model Railroad Club of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

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