Matara railway station is a station in Matara,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It is owned and operated by

Sri Lanka Railways The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය ''Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya''; Tamil: இலங்கை புகையிரத ...

. Matara railway station opened on 17 December 1895 as the terminus of the Coastal Line.

Location

Matara station is located in the centre of the city, north of the Nilwala River.

Layout

Matara railway station is designed as through station, despite it being the coastal line's current terminus.

Services

M7 811 pulling an express train into Matara Station

Matara station is served by the ''

Ruhunu Kumari ''Ruhunu Kumari '' (, Princess of "Ruhuna" - southern province) (Tamil: உருகுண இளவரசி) is a daytime passenger train that runs between Colombo and Matara in Sri Lanka. The Matara-bound train departs from Colombo at 3.50 ...

'', ''Galu Kumari'', ''

Rajarata Rejini ''Rajarata Rejini'' ( si, රජරට රැජිණි, Queen of the King's Land) is a daytime passenger train that runs between Anuradhapura and Beliatta via Colombo Fort in Sri Lanka. The ''Rajarata Rejini'' is currently the second longes ...

'' and ''Sagarika'' trains. Many other services also operate at Matara.http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/rroutes.html The Rail Routes of Sri Lanka Local trains within the Southern Province connect Matara with Galle, calling at local stations along the route.

Inter-city trains

Local trains

Continuity

References

Railway stations in Matara, Sri Lanka Railway stations on the Coastal Line Railway stations opened in 1895 {{SriLanka-railstation-stub