Alawwa Railway Station is a railway station in the town of Alawwa, which is located in the Kurunegala District of Sri Lanka. The station is owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Main line which links Badulla with the country's capital Colombo.
Alawwa Railway Station | |
|---|---|
| Sri Lankan Railway Station | |
.jpg) Rail crossing at Alawwa | |
| General information | |
| Location | Alawwa-Maharagama Road, Alawwa Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 7°17′36″N 80°14′19″E / 7.2933°N 80.2386°E |
| Owned by | Sri Lanka Railways |
| Line(s) | Main Line |
| Platforms | two |
| Other information | |
| Status | functioning |
| Station code | ALW |
| History | |
| Opened | 1866 |
| Electrified | no |
The station is the 32nd station and is 66.48 km (41.31 mi) from Colombo Fort, 8.9 km (5.5 mi) from Polgahawela and situated 63 m (207 ft) above sea level. The station opened in 1866 when the Main line was extended from Ambepussa to Polgahawela.[1][2]
The Alawwa rail bridge, which crosses the Maha Oya, consists of three 30.5 m (100 ft) spans on masonry abutments and piers anchored into the bedrock.[3]
In August 2001 thirteen people died in a train derailment near Alawwa.
In September 2011 five people were killed and over thirty injured when a passenger train collided with a stationary train at the station.[4][5]
Continuity
editReferences
edit- ^ "Alawwa Railway Station". podimenike.blogspot.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Dr David Hyatt (2000). Railways of Sri Lanka (PDF). Comrac. ISBN 0-9537304-0-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Roads and Road Construction: A Monthly Record of Road Engineering and Development, Volume 9. Carriers Publishing Company. 1931. p. 161.
- ^ "Foreigner killed in Alawwa train crash". The Island. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Death toll in Alawwa train accident rises to 5". Adaderana. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2017.