Colombo Fort Railway Station halt

Colombo Fort Railway Station halt is a bus stop in Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Western Province. Colombo Fort Railway Station halt is situated nearby to the tourism office tourists information office, as well as near St Phillip Neri Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort railway station and Old Colombo Lighthouse.

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.

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 Railway Station halt.

Pettah Floating Market

The Pettah Floating Markets are located on Bastian Mawatha in Pettah, a neighborhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and consist of 92 trade stalls, with a number of the stalls established on boats on Beira Lake. Pettah Floating Market is situated 590 metres east of Colombo Fort Railway Station halt.

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 Railway Station halt

Type: Bus stop
Category: transportation
Location: Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

6.93402° or 6° 56′ 3″ north

Longitude

79.85038° or 79° 51′ 1″ east

Open location code

6JRXWVM2+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5779913187

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include tourists information office and Colombo Fort.

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