Alawwa railway station

Alawwa Railway Station
Sri Lankan Railway Station
Rail crossing at Alawwa
General information
LocationAlawwa-Maharagama Road, Alawwa
Sri Lanka
Coordinates7°17′36″N 80°14′19″E / 7.2933°N 80.2386°E / 7.2933; 80.2386
Owned bySri Lanka Railways
Line(s)Main Line
Platformstwo
Other information
Statusfunctioning
Station codeALW
History
Opened1866
Electrifiedno

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.

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

Preceding station   Sri Lanka Railways   Following station
Walakumbura   Main Line   Bujjomuwa

References

  1. ^ "Alawwa Railway Station". podimenike.blogspot.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Roads and Road Construction: A Monthly Record of Road Engineering and Development, Volume 9. Carriers Publishing Company. 1931. p. 161.
  4. ^ "Foreigner killed in Alawwa train crash". The Island. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Death toll in Alawwa train accident rises to 5". Adaderana. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

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