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 STORY OF ROZELLE A Quaint Little Railway Station in Sri Lanka – Amongst the railway stations on the Up Country Line of the Sri Lankan Government Railway are a number of little known Colonial-built and Colonial-style quaint railway stations. The romantic sounding Rozelle is one of them. Very little is known of how this station came to be, although one assumes it had to do with the tea plantations. The Name Rozelle Even the English spelling of the name is not established as far as this station goes, and varies between Rozell e and Rozell a. The latter reflects the present day pronunciation of the name. Most English speakers would pronounce Rozelle as “Ro-zell” (two syllables) but the Sinhalese characters spell it out as “Ro-sall-a” (three syllables). Rozelle is a Scottish name associated with Ayrshire. (There is also a Rozelle in New South Wales in Australia.) Rail ticket to Rozelle, ...