Pattipola is a village that is mostly located in
Badulla District,
Uva Province
Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated Provinces of Sri Lanka, province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two dis ...
with a small portion in
Nuwara Eliya District of
Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Transport
Pattipola is served by the
Pattipola railway station
Pattipola railway station is the 66th station on the Main Line, and is away from Colombo. It is the highest railway station in Sri Lanka with an elevation of high above mean sea level. The station has one platform with a second track as a sidin ...
of the
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 ...
on the
Main Line
Mainline, ''Main line'', or ''Main Line'' may refer to:
Transportation
Railway
* Main line (railway), the principal artery of a railway system
* Main line railway preservation, the practice of operating preserved trains on an operational railw ...
. It is the highest railway station in Sri Lanka with an elevation of high above mean sea level.
Pattipola Tunnel
Pattipola Railway Tunnel, or the Summit Tunnel, is the third longest and the highest railway tunnel in Sri Lanka. It is located approximately away from the Pattipola railway station, straddling the boundary of the Badulla and Nuwara Eliya Dist ...
is also located near Pattipola. It is the third longest and the highest railway tunnel in Sri Lanka.
References
External links
{{NuwaraEliyaDistrict-geo-stub
Populated places in Badulla District
Populated places in Nuwara Eliya District