Jaffna railway station
Jaffna railway station is a railway station in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is one of the busiest in the country, linking the north with the capital Colombo.Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway
- Description: railway station
- Also known as: “Jaffna Railway Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jaffna Public Library and Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
Jaffna Public Library
Library
Photo: Anton 17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jaffna Public Library is located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is one of Jaffna's landmarks, and is run by the Jaffna Municipal Council. The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second main public Library, only rivalled by Colombo Public Library During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. Jaffna Public Library is situated 1 km west of Jaffna railway station.
Jaffna Teaching Hospital
Hospital
Jaffna Teaching Hospital is a government hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in the Northern Province and the only hospital in the province controlled by the central government in Colombo. Jaffna Teaching Hospital is situated 1 km west of Jaffna railway station.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Ghostface Buddha, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna located in Gurunagar, a suburb of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The cathedral is also known locally as Periye Kovil. St. Mary’s Cathedral is situated 1 km south of Jaffna railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nallur and Ariyalai.
Nallur
Town
Nallur is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus.
Ariyalai
Town
Photo: உமாபதி, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ariyalai is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into eight village officer divisions whose combined population was 10,750 at the 2012 census. Ariyalai is situated 3 km east of Jaffna railway station.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 3½ km north of Jaffna railway station.
Jaffna railway station
- Categories: railway station and transportation
- Location: Aththiyadi, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.66546° or 9° 39′ 56″ northLongitude
80.02103° or 80° 1′ 16″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M28C+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 261547932OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=railwayWikidata ID
Q140666
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In Other Languages
From French to Tamil—“Jaffna railway station” goes by many names.
- French: “gare de Jaffna”
- French: “Gare de Jaffna”
- French: “Jaffna”
- Japanese: “ジャフナ駅”
- Tamil: “யாழ்ப்பாணம் தொடருந்து நிலையம்”
- Tamil: “யாழ்ப்பாணம் புகையிரத நிலையம்”
Notable Places Nearby
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