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English: A map of Sri Lanka and its railroad system. Date: 5 June 2011: Source: ... Locomotives of Sri Lanka Railways; Madhu Road railway station; Main Line (Sri Lanka)
27 Maps. 28 References. ... List of railway stations in Sri Lanka, in alphabetical order, are as follows: A ... Slave Island, Western Province; T
railway station Code District Elevation m Distance between Colombo Fort Km; Ragama Junction: RGM Gampaha: 3.65 16.42 Peralanda: PRL Gampaha: 17 Kandana: KAN Gampaha: 5.79 17.42
The Mannar line was built as part of a plan to create a rail link between Sri Lanka and India. A 22-mile bridge to link the two countries had been proposed as early as 1894, by the Consultant Engineer for railways in Madras . The proposal was given serious consideration and a technical blueprint and cost analysis was conducted.
The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya; Tamil: இலங்கை புகையிரத சேவை Ilankai Pugaiyiradha Sēvai) is Sri Lanka's railway owner and primary operator.
The main settlements on the island are Mannar and Erukkulampiddi on its eastern coast, and Pesalai on its northern coast, all connected by the A14 road which leads across the bridge to mainland Sri Lanka. [citation needed] Talaimannar, on the north-western coast of the island, is the terminus for the Mannar railway line. [6]
The pier is served by a station of the Sri Lanka Railways with railway terminus at Talaimannar which connects Talaimannar to rail network in Sri Lanka via Medawachchiya. [1] The town can be reached by a road from Mannar which links the island to the rest of highway network in Sri Lanka through a causeway, the A 14 road, carried by Mannar Bridge.
The main reason for building a railway system in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was to transport tea and coffee from the hill country to Colombo. The Main Line was extended in stages with service to Kandy beginning in 1867, to Nawalapitiya in 1874, to Nanu Oya in 1885, to Bandarawela in 1894, and to Badulla in 1924.