Buses in Sri Lanka
104 routes and 0 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Pick the two ends and a date, and a journey in Sri Lanka is priced by the same engine that filled the table below.
We sell 104 Buses routes in Sri Lanka, serving 23 places through 0 operators. 0 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is None and the median route runs 134 km.
Buses in Sri Lanka, in numbers
- 104Routes we sell
- 23Places served
- 0Operators
- 104Domestic routes
- 0Cross border routes
- 134 kmMedian route
- 304 kmLongest route
The busiest Buses routes in Sri Lanka
12Go fares in Sri Lanka
These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.
Partner link. The seller pays us a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Colombo is somebody else's catalogue.

Day trips out of Colombo and across Sri Lanka
Day trips that leave Colombo in the morning and cover a good part of Sri Lanka by evening.
See Colombo on KlookOr browse GetYourGuide
Partner links. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.
How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 80 | 77% | Colombo, 26 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 24 | 23% | Ampara, 206 km |
Bus destinations
Common questions about Buses in Sri Lanka
What Buses routes are there in Sri Lanka?
We sell 104 Buses routes in Sri Lanka, serving 23 places run by 0 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.
Can I travel out of Sri Lanka by Buses?
0 of the Buses routes we sell touching Sri Lanka cross a border and 104 stay inside it, reaching 0 other countries including . Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.
What is the longest Buses route in Sri Lanka?
The longest Buses route we sell touching Sri Lanka runs from Colombo to Jaffna, 304 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 134 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Other ways to travel here
The wider region
The coach gets you into Colombo. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A room in Colombo for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Fort Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
Search Colombo on AgodaOr compare on Booking.com
Partner links. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.