Aluthgama railway station

Aluthgama
Sri Lankan Railway Station
'Ruhunu Kumari' Express train at the station in 2010
Location Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°25′55.9″N 80°00′1.8″E / 6.432194°N 80.000500°E / 6.432194; 80.000500
Owned by Sri Lanka Railways
Line(s) Coastal Line (Sri Lanka)
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code ALT
History
Opened 31 March 1890

Aluthgama railway station is a railway station on the coastal railway line of Sri Lanka. It is situated between Hettimulla and Bentota railway stations. It is 59.7 kilometres (37.1 mi) along the railway line from the Colombo Fort Railway Station at an elevation of 7.92 m (26.0 ft) above sea level.

In 1887 work commenced on extending the Coastal line, which at that time ran from Colombo to Kaluthara. The extension through to Aluthgama was finished in 1888 but the station at Aluthgama was not opened until 31 March 1890.[1][2]

Timetable

  • Trains to Colombo are available at 3:20 am, 3:50 am, 4:30 am, 5:06 am, 5:25 am, 6:10 am, 6:30 am, 6:38 am, 7:05 am, 7:45 am, 8:16 am, 10:42 am, 11:10 am, 12:13 am, 1:40 pm, 3:46 pm, 4:25 pm and 5:32 pm daily.
  • Trains to Galle are available at 4:20am, 6:05 am, 10:42 am, 6:32 pm, 7:32 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • Trains to Matara are available at 8:28 am, 9:54 am, 11:50 am, 3:43 pm, 4:48 pm, 5:50 pm, and 7:27 pm.[3]

Continuity

Preceding station   Sri Lanka Railways   Following station
Hettimulla railway station   Coastal Line   Bentota railway station

References

  1. ↑ "Historical Background of Sri Lankan Railway". DBEssays. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Serasinghe, Bertram (1984). The Sword and Belt: An Account of the Life and Times of Mudaliyar Dionysius Cornelius Senaratne Covering the Period Beginning with the Last Quarter of the 18th Century and Ending with the First Quarter of the 20th. p. 96.
  3. ↑ "Railway Timetable of Sri Lanka". TimeTable. Sri Lanka Government Information Service. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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