Rambukkana railway station
Rambukkana Railway Station රඹුක්කන දුම්රිය ස්ථානය ரம்புக்கனை புகையிரத நிலையம் | |||||
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View from Rambukkana Railway Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Railway Station Road, Rambukkana-Katupitiya Road, Rambukkana Sri Lanka | ||||
| Owned by | Sri Lanka Railways | ||||
| Line | Main Line | ||||
| Platforms | Three side platform | ||||
| Tracks | six | ||||
| Connections | Via SLTB Central Bus Stand and Private Bus Stand | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | functioning | ||||
| Station code | RBK | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1867 | ||||
| Electrified | No | ||||
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Rambukkana Railway Station (Sinhala: රඹුක්කන දුම්රිය ස්ථානය, Tamil: ரம்புக்கனா ரயில் நிலையம்) is a railway station in the Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways, which is the state-run railway operator.
The station is located 85.14 kilometres (52.90 mi) from Colombo Fort railway station and 116.82 m (383.3 ft) above sea level. It is the start of the steepest incline along the Colombo - Kandy railway line, between Rambukkana and Kadigamuwa, a climb of 430 m (1,410 ft) over 21 km (13 mi), with the gradient reaching a 1 in 44 slope, and curves of 201 m (659 ft) in radius.
The line was originally double-tracked from Colombo to Rambukkana in 1933 however the section between Polgahawela and Rambukkana was reduced to a single track in 1940 after a bridge on the line was washed away. This section was only re-instated as double track in 1998, as a result of an increasing numbers of passengers alighting at the station to visit the nearby Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.