Ganthalawa railway station

Ganthalawa

ගන්තලාව
கந்தலவா
Sri Lankan Railway Station
General information
LocationGanthalawa
Sri Lanka
Coordinates8°25′02.04″N 81°02′13.74″E / 8.4172333°N 81.0371500°E / 8.4172333; 81.0371500
Owned bySri Lanka Railways
Line(s)Trincomalee Line
Other information
StatusFunctioning
History
Opened5 May 2008 (2008-05-05)
ElectrifiedNo

Ganthalawa railway station (Sinhala: ගන්තලාව, Tamil: கந்தலவா) is a railway station in the town of Ganthalawa in eastern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Trincomalee Line, which links Trincomalee District with the capital Colombo.

The station was officially opened on 5 May 2008 by the Minister of Transport, Dullas Alahapperuma, as part of the government's "Eastern Reawakening" program.