Colombo Fort

Colombo Fort is a railway station in Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Western Province. Colombo Fort is situated nearby to Fort railway station, as well as near the tourism office tourists information office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort railway station and Red Mosque.

Fort railway station

Railway station

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

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.

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 mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Red Mosque is situated 590 metres north of Colombo Fort.

Old Colombo Lighthouse

Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 Colombo Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colombo and Slave Island.

Colombo

Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0.

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

Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.

Slave Island, 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 Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort.

Kotahena

Suburb

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

Colombo Fort

Type: Railway station
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

6.9334° or 6° 56′ 0″ north

Longitude

79.85034° or 79° 51′ 1″ east

Open location code

6JRXWVM2+94

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13447631673

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

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