Demodara Loop at View Point - Best Aerial View, Demodara Station, SriLanka

Demodara tunnel and railway entrance referred to as the Demodara Loop, is where the rail line travels around a spiral loop beneath itself and appears out of a tunnel located precisely underneath the Demodare train station.
It is recommended that you check the train schedule from the Demodara Railway Station and reach the Demodara station 45mins prior to the scheduled train time. The experienced local trishaw drivers would take you to the View Point located some 8km away from where you can get a proper view of the whole mechanism, a range of mountains including little Adams Peak.
This engineering marvel is the only spiral loop in the world where a tunnel lies under a railway station. Folklore claim the idea was inspired by observing a supervisor in a tea estate unfasten and retie his turban.
Constructed during the colonial era, it was necessary for the transportation of tea produced in the estates of Uva region to Colombo. An innovative track needed to be designed, as engineers and surveyors discovered that with the maximum inclination allowed by the Ceylon Government Railway was one foot per 44 feet (1/44) at the time, the slopes at Demodara were impossible for the track to work out.
The mechanism of the Demodara loop is considered to be an engineering marvel from the British colonial era. An arc of the loop can be visualized from a several spots closer to the Demodara Railway Station. However, the whole course of the loop and the mechanism is not discernible with these spots.
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