Jaffna railway station

Jaffna Railway Station யாழ்ப்பாணம் புகையிரத நிலையம் යාපනය දුම්රිය ස්ථානය
Sri Lankan Railway Station
The station in December 2019
General information
Location	Jaffna Sri Lanka
Coordinates	9°39′54.60″N 80°01′14.40″E / 9.6651667°N 80.0206667°E / 9.6651667; 80.0206667
Owned by	Sri Lanka Railways
Line(s)	Northern Line
Platforms	Three
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
History
Opened	1902
Closed	1990
Rebuilt	13 October 2014
Electrified	No
Services
Punkankulam toward Colombo Fort   Yarl Devi Northern Line   Kokkuvil toward Kankesanthurai
Location Jaffna railway station Location in central Jaffna

Jaffna railway station (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் புகையிரத நிலையம், Sinhala: යාපනය දුම්රිය ස්ථානය) is a railway station in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is one of the busiest in the country, linking the north with the capital Colombo.

The popular Yarl Devi service, which operates on the Northern Line, calls at this station. In the late 1980s the station suffered heavy damage due to the civil war. All railway services on the Northern Line north of Vavuniya had stopped by 1990. The station was abandoned, suffering further damage in the following years. The civil war ended in 2009 and the government started various projects to rebuild the line and stations. The Northern Line between Pallai and Jaffna was re-opened on 13 October 2014.