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Railway station in Ganthalawa in eastern Sri Lanka
Ganthalawa
ගන්තලාව
கந்தலவா
Sri Lankan Railway Station
General information
LocationGanthalawa
Sri Lanka
Coordinates8°25′02.04″N 81°02′13.74″E / 8.4172333°N 81.0371500°E / 8.4172333; 81.0371500
Owned bySri Lanka Railways
Line(s)Trincomalee Line
Other information
StatusFunctioning
History
Opened5 May 2008 (2008-05-05)
ElectrifiedNo

Ganthalawa railway station (Sinhala: ගන්තලාව, Tamil: கந்தலவா) is a railway station in the town of Ganthalawa in eastern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Trincomalee Line, which links Trincomalee District with the capital Colombo.

The station was officially opened on 5 May 2008 by the Minister of Transport, Dullas Alahapperuma, as part of the government's "Eastern Reawakening" program.

Services

Preceding station   Sri Lanka Railways   Following station
Kanthalai   Trincomalee Line   Thambalagamuwa

See also

References

  1. "lk.geoview.info". Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. ^ Wijesinghe, Shirley. "Anti-UPFA vote will bring era of darkness - Transport Minister". The Daily News. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. Wijewardena, Don Asoka (6 May 2008). "New railway station opened in the East". The Island. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. "Punani railway station to be rebuilt". Sunday Observer. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. "2008 Annual Report". Ministry of Finance and Planning. 2008: 114. Archived from the original on 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2018-05-07. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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