Rambukkana railway station

Rambukkana Railway Station

රඹුක්කන දුම්රිය ස්ථානය
ரம்புக்கனை புகையிரத நிலையம்
Rambukkana Railway Station; රඹුක්කන දුම්රිය ස්ථානය; ரம்புக்கனை புகையிரத நிலையம்
	View from Rambukkana Railway Station
Location	Railway Station Road, Rambukkana-Katupitiya Road, Rambukkana; Sri Lanka
Owned by	Sri Lanka Railways
Line(s)	Main Line
Platforms	Two side platform
Tracks	six
Connections	Via SLTB Central Bus Stand and Private Bus Stand
Construction
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	functioning
Station code	RBK
History
Opened	1867
Electrified	No

Rambukkana Railway Station (Sinhala: රඹුක්කන දුම්රිය ස්ථානය, Tamil: ரம்புக்கனா ரயில் நிலையம்) is a railway station in the Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways, which is the state-run railway operator.

The station is located 114 kilometres (71 mi) from Colombo Fort railway station and 116.82 m (383.3 ft) above sea level. It is the start of the steepest incline along the Colombo - Kandy railway line, between Rambukkana and Kadigamuwa,^[1] a climb of 430 m (1,410 ft) over 21 km (13 mi), with the gradient reaching a 1 in 44 slope, and curves of 201 m (659 ft) in radius.^[2]

The line was originally double-tracked from Colombo to Rambukkana in 1933 however the section between Polgahawela and Rambukkana was reduced to a single track in 1940 after a bridge on the line was washed away.^[2] This section was only re-instated as double track in 1998, as a result of an increasing numbers of passengers alighting at the station to visit the nearby Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.^[3]