Fort railway station
Fort railway station is a major rail hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways, with many inter-city and commuter trains entering each day.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Colombo Fort”, “Colombo Fort Railroad Station”, “Colombo Fort Railway Station”, “Fort”, “Fort Railway Station”, and “Fort Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Colombo Lighthouse and One Galle Face.
Old Colombo Lighthouse
Old Colombo Lighthouse or Colombo Fort Clock Tower is a clock tower and was a lighthouse in Colombo. The lighthouse is no longer operational, but the tower remains and functions as a clock tower. Old Colombo Lighthouse is situated 1 km west of Fort railway station.One Galle Face
Shopping center
One Galle Face is a mixed-use complex of buildings near the Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is also Sri Lanka's first internationally and developed and managed mixed use project and was officially opened on 8 November 2019. One Galle Face is situated 1 km southwest of Fort railway station.
Galle Face Green
Park
Galle Face Green is a 5 ha ocean-side urban park, which stretches for 500 m along the coast, in the heart of Colombo, the financial and business capital of Sri Lanka. Galle Face Green is situated 1¼ km southwest of Fort railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colombo and Slave Island.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.Slave Island
Village
Slave Island, officially known as Kompanna Vidiya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort.
Fort railway station
- Categories: building, station, and transportation
- Location: Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.93373° or 6° 56′ 1″ north
Longitude
79.85008° or 79° 51′ 0″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
6JRXWVM2+F2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_station
OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Thai—“Fort railway station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “科倫坡堡站”
- French: “Colombo-Fort”
- French: “gare de Colombo-Fort”
- French: “Gare de Colombo-Fort”
- Japanese: “コロンボ・フォート駅”
- Marathi: “कोलंबो फोर्ट रेल्वे स्थानक”
- Russian: “Железнодорожный вокзал Коломбо Форт”
- Russian: “Коломбо Форт”
- Sinhala: “කොටුව දුම්රිය ස්ථානය”
- Tamil: “கோட்டை தொடருந்து நிலையம்”
- Thai: “สถานีรถไฟโคลัมโบฟอร์ด”
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