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Badulla Railway Station (Phone: 055-2222271) |
Badulla Railway Station is one of the railway stations in the Uva Province, Sri Lanka. It is the last station (78th) on the Main Line, and is 292.393 km away from Colombo.
History
The Sri Lankan railway system has a history running back to the 19th century. 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 Kandy (1867), Nawalapitiya (1874), Hatton (1884), Nanu Oya (1885), Haputale (1893), Bandarawela (1894), and after the First World War, to Ella (1918), Demodara (1921) and finally Badulla on 5 February 1924. The station was officially opened on 5 April 1924.
Architecture
The architecture of the station building showcases strong colonial-era British influence, evident in its design and structural elements.
A Protected Site
The Badulla railway station and the bungalow situated in No. 78 F Badulla Kanupelella Grama Niladhari Division in the Badulla Divisional Secretariat Division are archaeological protected monuments, declared by a government gazette notification published on 22 November 2002.
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References
Government Gazette Notifications, Journal Articles
1) Abeysinghe, A.H.M.S.P., 2016. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දුම්රිය කාර්මික පුරාවිද්යාව; නව මානයක් කරා රැගෙන යමු. Puraveda 2016.
2) Kesavan, R.A., Chandrakumar, C., Kulatunga, A.K., Gowrynathan, J., Rajapaksha, R.T.D., Senewiratne, R.K.G.D.M. and Laguleshwaran, D., 150 Years of Sri Lankan Railways: Evaluation of the Services from Employee and Customer Perspectives. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering. Volume 5, Issue 5.
3) The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: No: 1264. 22 November 2002.
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Attribution
To Whom
LankaPradeepa.com extends its gratitude to Malsha M. Ranasinghe for providing the necessary photographs required for this article. All the photos are published here with the permission of the author.