Aluthgama railway station

Aluthgama Railway Station

අලුත්ගම දුම්රිය ස්ථානය
அளுத்கமை ரயில் நிலையம்
Aluthgama Railway Station; අලුත්ගම දුම්රිය ස්ථානය; அளுத்கமை ரயில் நிலையம்
Sri Lankan Railway Station
	'Ruhunu Kumari' Express train at the station in 2010
General information
Location	Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6°25′55.9″N 80°00′1.8″E / 6.432194°N 80.000500°E
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 (Sinhala: අලුත්ගම දුම්රිය ස්ථානය, Tamil: அளுத்கமை ரயில் நிலையம்) 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

^ "Historical Background of Sri Lankan Railway". DBEssays. Retrieved 3 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 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.
^ "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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[1] "Historical Background of Sri Lankan Railway". DBEssays. Retrieved 3 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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.

[SLGIF-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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