Name: Secretariat Halt
Address: Colombo 02, Colombo, Sri Lanka, LK

Secretariat Halt is a train station, located at Colombo 02, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Visit their website www.railway.gov.lk for more detailed information.

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Colombo 02, Colombo

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Added by Jopie, at 24 November 2016

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Vinayagamoorthy Balalojanan

06 May 2018

location of certain stops in distance or zone-based fare collection systems. Sunday stops are close to a church and used only on Sundays.
History
The first ever recorded bus stop was in Bishops Stortford and was believed to be constructed in 1890, linking Bishops Stortford to the town of Colchester.[citation needed]

Design

Bus stop sign in Hamburg with line numbers and major stops
Bus stop infrastructure ranges from a simple pole and sign, to a rudimentary shelter, to sophisticated structures. The usual minimum is a pole mounted flag with suitable name/symbol. Bus stop shelters may have a full or partial roof, supported by a two, three or four sided construction. Modern stops are mere steel and glass/perspex constructions, although in other places, such as rural Britain, stops may be wooden brick or concrete built.

The construction may include small inbuilt seats. The construction may feature advertising, from simple posters, to complex illuminated, changeable or animated displays. Some installations have also included interactive advertising. Design and construction may be uniform to reflect a large corporate or local authority provider, or installations may be more personal or distinctive where a small local authority such as a parish council is responsible for the stop. The stop may include separate street furniture such as a bench, lighting and a trash receptacle.

Individual bus stops may simply be placed on the sidewalk next to the roadway, although they can also be placed to facilitate use of a busway. More complex installations can include construction of a bus turnout or a bus bulb, for traffic management reasons, although use of a bus lane can make these unnecessary. Several bus stops may be grouped together to facilitate easy transfer between routes. These may be arranged in a simple row along the street, or in parallel or diagonal rows of multiple stops. Groups of bus stops may be integral to transportation hubs. With extra facilities such as a waiting room or ticket office, outside groupings of bus stops can be classed as a rudimentary bus station.

Convention is usually for the bus to draw level with the 'flag', although in areas of mixed front and rear entrance buses, such as London, a head stop, and more rarely a tail stop, indicates to the driver whether they should stop the bus with either the rear platform or the drivers cab level with the flag.

In certain areas, the area of road next the bus stop may be specially marked, and protected in law. Often, car drivers can be unaware of the legal implications of stopping or parking in a bus-stop.[4]

In bus rapid transit systems, bus stops may be more elaborate than street bus stops, and can be termed 'stations' to reflect this difference. These may have enclosed areas to allow off-bus fare collection for rapid boarding, and be spaced further apart like tram stops. Bus stops on a bus rapid transit line may also have a more complex construction allowing level boarding platforms, and doors separating the enclosure from the bus until ready to board.
Muditha Manaram

29 April 2018

Train Station just next to the President Secretariat office. Very limited facilities.
Pubudu Indika

08 April 2018

Small station in southern line.. very busy in office hours.
Nadeesh Priyanga

28 January 2018

Good place to take the train without going to fort sttion.
A Suthan

25 December 2017

Small station prior to the Fort station from Southern line. Since its close to the Presidential Secretariat this station named as Secretariat Halt. This station close to the main business hub like Central Bank, World Trade Twin Tower, Hilton Hotel, Galadari Hotel etc. If you can get off this station the Galle face can be reached by walking.
Sachithra De Alwis

20 December 2017

Useful location.
Dayabaran Selliah

24 November 2017

This railway stop is very busy in morning and evening hours as most of public staff use this stop for their transport service
Nilantha Lokunarangodage

15 November 2017

Easy access WTC and Hilton Galadari
Gayashan Vidusha

24 October 2017

It is very useful for people who work near by WTC area.
Kasup Wijendra

30 August 2017

Small railway station very close to fort railway station.
Darshana Tharaka

05 March 2017

Minimum facilities are available Halt for easy access to the colombo fort area. . Not all the trains stops here.
Malik Ahamed

11 February 2017

One of the beautiful railway station in Sri Lankan.
Sarath Wickramasinghe

05 February 2017

A train halt in the coastline which caters the office crowd working close by. Trains stops in the morning and evening only.
Nisal Perera

22 January 2017

Crowded place but minimum facilities available.
Jeevaggan Ramanathan

01 December 2016

Railway Halt for easy access to the colombo fort area. Vastly used by the office staffs in the adjacent government and private offices. Not all the trains stops here.