Puttalam railway station

Puttalam Railway Station
General information
Location	Puttalam Sri Lanka
Owned by	Sri Lanka Railways
Line(s)	Puttalam Line
Platforms	two side platforms
Other information
Status	functioning
Station code	PTM
History
Opened	12 May 1926
Rebuilt	1946
Electrified	No

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.

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]

Continuity

Preceding station		Sri Lanka Railways		Following station
Thillayadi		Puttalam Line		Noor Nagar

See also

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

References

1. "Station Details in Puttlam Line". Sri Lanka Railways. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
2. "Colonial Reports - Annual, Issues 1357-1377". Colonial Office. 1927: 60. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Wijenayake, Walter (25 July 2009). "How Sri Lankan railways came into being". The Island. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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. Goonesinghe, Satish (28 January 2001). "Something to rail about". Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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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