page_title: Galle railway station
section_title: Layout
hierarchical_section_title: Galle railway station / Layout
caption_attribution_description: English: Hunslet Class Y shunting locomotive in Galle
context_page_description: Galle railway station is a railway station in the southern city of Galle in Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-run railway operator, the station is part of the Coast Line, which links Sri Lanka's south coast with the Colombo.
context_section_description: Galle station is designed as a terminus station. Thus trains have to back out of the station to continue towards an onward destination. Passengers enter the station from the south and trains approach from the north.
  The station's terminal layout has posed some problems in its operation, since all trains have to change directions and reverse out of the station to continue on to their destinations.  This can cause long turn-around times and it places the passengers in the opposite direction of where they had been facing.
  In 2011, diesel multiple units (DMU) were introduced, as part of a line upgrade.  The DMUs reduce turn-around times as locomotives do not need to run around and change ends.
caption: A Class Y shunting locomotive at Galle
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