Colombo Terminus Station was the primary

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in the nineteenth century. It was retired from service at the beginning of the twentieth century and replaced by Maradana Station. The preserved building is now home to the National Railway Museum.

History

Colombo Terminus Station was opened in 1865 to serve all trains at Colombo. In 1906, a project was launched to reorganise the railway within the Colombo area. Colombo Terminus Station was closed and replaced by the new Maradana Station. In May 2009 the station became the site of the National Railway Museum. The museum moved in December 2014 to

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west of

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Features

Terminus Station was originally the end of the Main Line. The construction of the Coast Line towards

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turned the Terminus Station into a quarter-mile-long siding, making operation inconvenient. Instead of a clock, a sundial was originally used to tell the time. This would have avoided the cost of installing a mechanically-operated clock.

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History

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