My Town in Ten Pics : Galle Bus Station & Railway Station

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Galle Main Bus station

PlusCode Location : 26M8+46 Galle, Sri Lanka
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This is the main bus station of the Galle city. The Galle railway station is within walking distance to this central bus stand. From here there are buses for most of the main cities in southern province. And most of the hotels and tourist destinations such as Galle Fort , Unawatuna , Koggala , Hikkaduwa are very close to main bus station.

The small Buddhist temple near the Bus Station

PlusCode Location : 26M7+8W Galle, Sri Lanka
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Actually there are 3 Buddhist statues around the Galle central bus station. This small Buddhist temple is located at the right side of the bus station. It's used by the people who travel day today using bus or train to do their religious activities.

The metal bridge connecting bus stand and railway station

PlusCode Location :26M7+7V Galle, Sri Lanka
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This bridge was newly built. As I mentioned above , the central bus station and railway station is located within a walking distance. But there is a water canal located in-between them. This is a metal bridge which was created to help people to travel in-between two stations. It's very useful for all the travelers.

Galle Bus stand , with buses parked

PlusCode Location : 26M7+8W Galle, Sri Lanka
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Galle Bus station is a very busy place. There are government buses and privately owned buses. Both kind of buses share the same bus station. But in the Colombo bus station , the story is different. There is a separate bus stations for private buses and government buses in Colombo.

Galle Bus stand , with buses parked

PlusCode Location :26M8+44 Galle, Sri Lanka
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This is actually the new building. There was a old bus station at the same place which was destroyed by the Tsunami in year 2004. This new building was created after that.

Galle Bus stand , with buses parked

PlusCode Location :26M8+44 Galle, Sri Lanka
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The bus station is facing Colombo - Kataragama main road which is very busy all the time. Now there are new set of traffic lights to control the vehicles.

The buildings and shops in front of the bus station

PlusCode Location :26M7+8X Galle, Sri Lanka
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There are number of shops around the bus stand. They are targeting the thousands of people using the bus station for their travel needs. Most of them are selling fruits , short eats , meals , water bottles and other similar food items which are mostly consumed by people while traveling.

Galle Railway Station

PlusCode Location :26M7+7P Galle, Sri Lanka
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This is the Galle Railway Station. It's managed by the government under the Railway Department. It's connected to the coastal railway track which covers the main cities from Beliaththa to Colombo.

A train parked in railway station

PlusCode Location :
26M7+CR Galle, Sri Lanka
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This is a photograph of a train which is parked at the Railway station. And the canal you can see is called the "Moda Ela" means Fool-cut canal which was made by British. The reason why people call it "Fool - cut canal" is , the sea water came in to the land through this and affected the paddy cultivation.

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