Colombo Terminus Railway Station, built between 1858-1865, was Sri Lanka's first station. It began operations in 1864.
Colombo Terminus Railway Station
The Colombo Terminus Railway Station (Sinhala: කොළඹ අන්ත්ය දුම්රිය ස්ථානය) is an abandoned railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is considered as the first railway station built in the country by the British who pioneered in the beginning of the railway service in Sri Lanka (Rajapakshe et al., 2018). 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 (the Colombo Terminus
Railway Station) and Ambepussa, three more stations at Mahara (present Ra…
