Demodara Loop is a unique railway spiral in Sri Lanka where the track loops under itself through a tunnel; the station sits right above the tunnel.
Demodara Railway Station and Loop D emodara Railway Station (Sinhala: දෙමෝදර දුම්රිය ස්ථානය හා දුම්රිය ගැටය) is the fourth last railway station on the Mail Line situated in Badulla District, Sri Lanka. The station is notable for the spiral rail line at this location, popularly known as the Demodara Getaya or Demodara Loop. Located 276.8 km (172 mi) away from Colombo, the station remains 911.61 m (2990.84 ft.) above sea level. It has three tracks 320 m (1049.87 ft.) in length. The length of the main platform is 112 m (367.45 ft.) and it has three good sheds with platforms, a weighbridge and a crane. History The British rulers commenced the railway service in the country for planters to facilitate the transportation of their harvest from inland to the seaport located in Colombo (Kesavan et al., 2015). In 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). The line then extended to Ka…
