Fort Bus Stop

Fort Bus Stop is a bus stop in Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Western Province. Fort Bus Stop 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 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 Fort Bus Stop.

One Galle Face

Shopping center

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Bus Stop.

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.

Fort Bus Stop

Type: Bus stop
Wheelchair access: no
Category: transportation
Location: Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

6.93403° or 6° 56′ 3″ north

Longitude

79.8503° or 79° 51′ 1″ east

Open location code

6JRXWVM2+J4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 619265151

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

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