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Bus & Train |
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Reservation for Expo Rail, Rajadhani Express, Vice Roy
Timetable for Trains
A= Udarata Menike, B= Podi Menike, C= Night Mail Train, D= Slow Train
Haputale - Colombo Fort (8-9 hours): 7:47-7:50 (A), 10:48-10:49 (B), 20:18-20:22 (C)
Haputale - Kandy (5-6 hours): 10:48-10:49 (B), 14:37-15:00 (A), 20:18-20:22 (C)
Haputale - Badulla (2 hours): 4:55-4:57 (C), 11:25-11:50 (D), 14:09-14:10 (B), 17:34-17:35 (A)
Fares
from July 2012*:
(--- fare not listed)
| Train Fares |
3rd. Class
|
2nd. Class
|
1st. Class
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| MATARA |
260
|
470
|
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| GALLE |
235
|
430
|
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| KALUTARA |
200
|
370
|
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| PANADURA |
195
|
350
|
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| COLOMBO |
180
|
330
|
600
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| RAGAMA |
175
|
320
|
560
|
| GAMPAHA |
165
|
300
|
540
|
| VEYANGODA |
160
|
300
|
540
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| POLGAHAWELA |
140
|
250
|
460
|
| ANURADHAPURA |
210
|
380
|
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| RAMBUKKANA |
135
|
240
|
240
|
| KANDY |
115
|
210
|
380
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| PERADENIYA |
115
|
210
|
380
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| GAMPOLA |
105
|
190
|
360
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| ULLAPONE |
100
|
180
|
340
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| NAWALAPITIYA |
95
|
170
|
320
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| HATTON |
70
|
130
|
240
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| TALAWAKELA |
60
|
110
|
200
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| NANU-OYA |
40
|
80
|
140
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| OHIYA |
20
|
30
|
60
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| IDALGASHINNA |
10
|
20
|
40
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| DYATALAWA |
10
|
20
|
40
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| BANDARAWELA |
15
|
20
|
40
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| ELLA |
25
|
50
|
80
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| DEMODARA |
30
|
60
|
100
|
| HALI-ELA |
40
|
70
|
140
|
| BADULLA |
45
|
80
|
160
|
Timetable for Busses
Most Busses start from/pass the New
Bus Stand near Risar Bakery.
Welimada busses from down the Colombo Road behind
the People´s Bank.
Further on there are several private busses.
1. Colombo - Badulla: 6 am, all 30 minutes till night.
2. Badulla - Colombo: 8 am, all 30 minutes till night.
3. Haputale - Welimada: 5:55 am, 6:15 am, all 15 minutes till 7 pm.
4. Haputale - Nuwara Eliya: 7 am and 2 pm.
5. Dambetanne (Lipton Tea Factory) - Bandarawela: 8 am, all 30 minutes till 6:30 pm.
6. Bandarawela - Dambetanne (Lipton Tea Factory): Morning - Evening all 30 minutes.
7. Bandarawela - Wellawaya: 6:15 am, 7:30 am, all 30 minutes till 7 pm.
There are several private busses going to Bandarawela, Wellawaya, Welimada, Dyatalawa. From Bandarawela you can go on to Badulla. From Welimada and Diyatalawa to Nuwara Eliya and from Wellawaya to Amparai, Pottuvil and south coast.
Times can change meanwhile. There is no guarantee for timelineness of trains and busses.
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