Fort railway station

Fort railway station is a major rail hub in , . The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways, with many inter-city and commuter trains entering each day.
Wikipedia
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • 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 Red Mosque and Old Colombo Lighthouse.

Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque (Sinhala: කොලඹ කොටුව රතු පල්ලිය, romanized: Kolomba Kotuwa Rathu Palliya, Tamil: மஸ்ஜிதுல் ஜாமிஉல் அஃபார் அல்லது சம்மாங்கோடு பள்ளிவாசல், romanized: Sammankodu Pallivasal, is a historic in , . is situated 560 metres north of Fort railway station.

Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Colombo Fort Clock Tower is a clock tower and was a lighthouse in . The lighthouse is no longer operational, but the tower remains and functions as a clock tower. is situated 1 km west of Fort railway station.

Shopping center
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mixed-use complex of buildings near the in , . It is also Sri Lanka's first internationally and developed and managed mixed use project and was officially opened on 8 November 2019. is situated 1 km southwest of Fort railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colombo and Slave Island.

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is the largest city and commercial capital of , and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.

Village
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, officially known as Kompagngna Veediya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in , , located directly south of the .

Suburb
is a suburb of , Sri Lanka, and is known as Colombo 13.

Fort railway station

Latitude
6.93375° or 6° 56′ 2″ north
Longitude
79.85008° or 79° 51′ 0″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
6JRXWVM2+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 232514810
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
1248989
Wiki­data ID
Q5471883
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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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