Henarathgoda Old Railway Station Henarathgoda Railway Station (Sinhala: හෙනරත්ගොඩ පැරණි දුම්රිය ස්ථානය, ගම්පහ, Tamil: ஹெனரத்கொட புகையிரத நிலையம்) is one of earliest railway stations in Sri Lanka. It is presently situated in the vicinity of Gampaha Railway Station in the middle of Gampaha town. History
In the 19th century, the British rulers commenced the railway service in Sri Lanka for planters to facilitate the transportation of their harvest from inland to the seaport located in Colombo (Kesavan et al., 2015). On 3 August 1858, the then Ceylon Governor, Henry George Ward (1855-1860 A.D.) commenced the construction of the first railway line in the country to be run between Colombo and Ambepussa (Abeysinghe, 2016).
After the completion, the first train transportation happened between Colombo and Ambepussa on 27 December 1864 (Abeysinghe, 2016). Besides the stations at Colombo (present Colombo Terminus Railway Station ) and Ambepussa, three more stations at Mahara (present Ragama), Henarathgoda (present Gampaha) an…
