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Demodara railway station is the 76th and third last railway station on the Main Line, and is 277.71 km (172.56 mi) away from Colombo. It is located 912.5 m (2,994 ft) above mean sea level and 8 km (5.0 mi) from Badulla, the capital city of Uva Province. All the trains that run on the Main Line, including the Podi Menike and Udarata Menike express trains stop at the station.

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rdfs:label	Demodara railway station (en)
rdfs:comment	Demodara railway station is the 76th and third last railway station on the Main Line, and is 277.71 km (172.56 mi) away from Colombo. It is located 912.5 m (2,994 ft) above mean sea level and 8 km (5.0 mi) from Badulla, the capital city of Uva Province. All the trains that run on the Main Line, including the Podi Menike and Udarata Menike express trains stop at the station. (en)
foaf:name	Demodara (en)
name	Demodara (en)
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geo:long	81.062920 (xsd:float)
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dcterms:subject	1923 establishments in Ceylon Railway stations in Badulla District Railway stations on the Main Line (Sri Lanka) Railway stations opened in 1923
Wikipage page ID	50570295 (xsd:integer)
Wikipage revision ID	1117557644 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Udarata Menike Uva Province Spiral (railway) List of railway stations in Sri Lanka by line Ella, Sri Lanka Main Line (Sri Lanka) Side platform 1923 establishments in Ceylon Badulla Colombo Fort Station D. J. Wimalasurendra Nine Arch Bridge, Demodara Railway stations in Badulla District Railway stations on the Main Line (Sri Lanka) Railway stations opened in 1923 Turban Podi Menike Sri Lanka Railways
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code	DDR (en)
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country	Sri Lanka (en)
distance	from Colombo (en)
line	Main Line (Sri Lanka)
next	Ella, Sri Lanka
opened	1923-02-05 (xsd:date)
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has abstract	Demodara railway station is the 76th and third last railway station on the Main Line, and is 277.71 km (172.56 mi) away from Colombo. It is located 912.5 m (2,994 ft) above mean sea level and 8 km (5.0 mi) from Badulla, the capital city of Uva Province. All the trains that run on the Main Line, including the Podi Menike and Udarata Menike express trains stop at the station. The station is most notable for its spiral rail line at this location, popularly known as the 'Demodara Loop'. The rail line passes under itself, going around the loop and emerging from a tunnel, which runs directly beneath the Demodara railway station. The rail loop is approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) long and the tunnel is 320 m (1,050 ft) in length. It is considered the only loop in the world with a railway station situated exactly over a tunnel at spiral loop.During the construction of the rail extension to Badulla the engineers and surveyors found that elevation between the hills at Demodara was too much for the track to negotiate, with the maximum inclination allowed by the Ceylon Government Railway being one foot per 44 feet (1/44), an innovative track design had to be devised. Local folklore has it that one of the engineers, Devapura Jayasena Wimalasurendra, was inspired after observing a Kankany (supervisor) in a local tea estate undo his Talappawa (turban) and re-tie it around his head. (en)
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agency station code	DDR
opening date	1923-02-05 (xsd:date)
opening year	1923-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
serving railway line	Main Line (Sri Lanka)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Demodara Spiral (railway) List of railway stations in Sri Lanka List of railway stations in Sri Lanka by line Colombo–Badulla Night Mail Badulla Nine Arch Bridge Demodara Railway Station
is Wikipage redirect of	Demodara Railway Station
is foaf:primaryTopic of	wikipedia-en:Demodara_railway_station

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