National railway museum, Kadugannawa

7°15′27.4″N 80°31′15.1″E / 7.257611°N 80.520861°E / 7.257611; 80.520861TypeRailway

National railway museum is the national railway museum of Sri Lanka, located in Kadugannawa. The railway museum is owned by Sri Lanka Railways.

The museum was opened on 27 December 2014 in order to commemorate the 150th anniversary of railway service in Sri Lanka. Previously, the museum was located in Colombo.^[2] The old museum was opened in May 2009.^[3]

The museum has old engines, locomotives, rail cars, trolleys, carriages, machinery, and equipment that have been used since the beginning of Sri Lanka Railway.^[4]

Opening hours

The museum is open daily from 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM and closed on Poya days. Payment is by cash at counter, and ticket fee is LKR 10.00 to children with school uniforms, LKR 20.00 to children without school uniforms, LKR 50.00 to adults and LKR 500.00 to foreign citizens.^[5]

References

^ "National Railway Museum declared open in Kadugannawa". Sri Lanka Railways. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
^ "Sri Lanka Railways to relocate National Railway Museum to hill country". Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
^ "The National Railway Museum, Sri Lanka". Retrieved 25 May 2015.
^ "The national railway museum Kadugannwa". Retrieved 25 May 2015.
^ "National railway Museum Kadugannwa". Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

Museums in Sri Lanka

National museums

Department of Museums
(Subject)

National Museum of Natural History
Colombo Dutch Museum
National Maritime Museum (Galle)
Independence Memorial Museum
Folk Museum (Anuradhapura)

Institutional subjects

Ceylon Tea Museum
Colombo Port Maritime Museum
Economic History Museum
Highway museum complex, Kiribathkumbura
Hoods Tower Museum
International Buddhist Museum
J. R. Jayewardene Centre
Maritime and Naval History Museum, Trincomalee
Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum
Masks Museum, Ambalangoda
Museum of Temple of Tooth
National railway museum, Kadugannawa
Postal museum, Colombo
Sri Lanka Air Force Museum
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike Museum
Walisinghe Harischandra Museum
Wax Museum (Sri Lanka)

Department of Archaeology
(Regional)

North Central Province	Anuradhapura Museum Mihintale Museum Veheragala Museum Isurumuniya Museum Tantirimale Museum
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Northern Province	Jaffna Museum Vavuniya Museum
Uva Province	Buduruwagala Museum Maligawila Museum
Sabaragamuwa Province	Dedigama Museum

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