Bus tickets to Anuradhapura

4 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

4 places connect to Anuradhapura by Buses, across 1 country, run by 0 operators. The cheapest arrival costs None. Origins run from 165 km away to 180 km, with a median of 173 km.

Priced for 15 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Anuradhapura

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Anuradhapura, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Colombo to Anuradhapura busNoneNone165 km
Ampara to Anuradhapura busNoneNone180 km
  • 4Places you can arrive from
  • 1Countries
  • 0Operators

12Go fares to Anuradhapura

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A hotel room

A room in Anuradhapura for the night the coach gets in

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km4100%Colombo, 165 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Sri Lanka4100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura

Coach
  • Anuradhapura New Bus Station
  • Talawa
Leaving

Leaving Anuradhapura

Common questions about Bus tickets to Anuradhapura

Where can I travel to Anuradhapura by Buses from?

4 places connect to Anuradhapura by Buses on our network, across 1 country The nearest is 165 km away in a straight line and the furthest 180 km.

Which terminal does the Buses to Anuradhapura use?

Buses services into Anuradhapura use 2 named terminals, among them Anuradhapura New Bus Station, Talawa. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

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.

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Other ways to reach Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Anuradhapura Railway Station

Most of the points near Anuradhapura Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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