Rambukkana Railway Station (Sinhala: රඹුක්කන දුම්රිය ස්ථානය, Tamil: ரம்புக்கனா ரயில் நிலையம்) is a railway station in the Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka.
It is the start of the steepest incline along the Colombo - Kandy railway line, between Rambukkana and Kadigamuwa,[1] a climb of 430 m (1,410 ft) over 21 km (13 mi), with the gradient reaching a 1 in 44 slope, and curves of 201 m (659 ft) in radius.
[2] The line was originally double-tracked from Colombo to Rambukkana in 1933 however the section between Polgahawela and Rambukkana was reduced to a single track in 1940 after a bridge on the line was washed away.
[2] This section was only re-instated as double track in 1998, as a result of an increasing numbers of passengers alighting at the station to visit the nearby Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
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