Ganthalawa railway station

Ganthalawa ගන්තලාව கந்தலவா
Sri Lankan Railway Station
General information
Location	Ganthalawa Sri Lanka
Coordinates	8°25′02.04″N 81°02′13.74″E[1]
Owned by	Sri Lanka Railways
Line(s)	Trincomalee Line
Other information
Status	Functioning
History
Opened	5 May 2008 (2008-05-05)
Electrified	No

Ganthalawa railway station (Sinhala: ගන්තලාව, Tamil: கந்தலவா) is a railway station in the town of Ganthalawa in eastern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Trincomalee Line, which links Trincomalee District with the capital Colombo.[2]

The station was officially opened on 5 May 2008 by the Minister of Transport, Dullas Alahapperuma,[2][3] as part of the government's "Eastern Reawakening" program.[4][5]

Services

Preceding station		Sri Lanka Railways		Following station
Kanthalai		Trincomalee Line		Thambalagamuwa

See also

• List of railway stations in Sri Lanka
• List of railway stations by line order in Sri Lanka

References

1. "lk.geoview.info". Retrieved 5 May 2018.
2. Wijesinghe, Shirley. "Anti-UPFA vote will bring era of darkness - Transport Minister". The Daily News. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
3. Wijewardena, Don Asoka (6 May 2008). "New railway station opened in the East". The Island. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
4. "Punani railway station to be rebuilt". Sunday Observer. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
5. "2008 Annual Report". Ministry of Finance and Planning. 2008: 114. Archived from the original on 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2018-05-07. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)