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An exhibit of narrow-gauge line. The Kelani Valley line was originally built from Colombo to Yatiyanthota via Avissawella during 1900–1902. It was branched off at Avissawella and extended up to Opanayaka via Ratnapura (completed in 1912).
Avissawella is the junction from where the oldest land route to the Hill Country via Hatton and the road down South via Ratnapura diverge. The Kelani Valley Railway line was originally built from Colombo to Yatiyanthota via Avissawella during 1900–1902. It was branched off at Avissawella and extended up to Opanayaka via Ratnapura (completed ...
Homagama is a town in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-east of Colombo. The Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha consists of the Homagama divisional secretariat and 10 GN division of Padukka DS division. The total Land area is about is 137 square kilometres (53 sq mi) of 90 GN division. The Pradeshiya Sabha was ...
The city is composed of three divisions called Kaduwela, Battaramulla and Athurugiriya and is located in the Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. [2] Kaduwela Town (located in Kaduwela Division) is located about 16 km (9.9 mi) from the Colombo city centre on the Colombo - Avissawella Old Road (Low Level Road) and about 18 km (11 mi ...
Transport in Sri Lanka is based on its road network, which is centred on the country's commercial capital Colombo. A rail network handles a portion of Sri Lanka 's transport needs. There are navigable waterways, harbours and three international airports: in Katunayake , 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Colombo, in Hambantota, and in Jaffna.
R.W. Faulks, 'Sri Lanka transport history involved frequent change', BUSES INTERNATIONAL, August 2001. Special Correspondent, 'Paving the way for resurrection of CTB', Sunday Observer, 3 April 2005. 'Sri Lanka Transport Board to raise the bus fleet', Colombo Page, 4 July 2007. 'Battling iron-eating rats in the CTB', The Island, 4 September 2008.
The Ratnam Survey in 1948, the Sansoni Survey in 1954 and the Jayaratna Perera Survey in 1956 studied the bus services in Sri Lanka and all recommended that the companies should be nationalised. The history of Sri Lanka Transport Board goes back to 1 January 1958; at the time known as the Ceylon Transport Board (CTB).
It is serviced by the Kotagala railway station on the Main (Colombo-Badulla) railway line, which is 179.969 km (111.828 mi) from Colombo. The town is located on the A7 ( Avissawella-Nuwara Eliya highway), at the crossroads with the B406 (Stony Cliff - Kotagala road).