Buses in Sri Lanka

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

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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.

Priced for October 15, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Buses in Sri Lanka, in numbers

  • 104Routes we sell
  • 23Places served
  • 0Operators
  • 104Domestic routes
  • 0Cross border routes
  • 134 kmMedian route
  • 304 kmLongest route
Routes

The busiest Buses routes in Sri Lanka

The routes we sell in Sri Lanka, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Colombo to Jaffna busNoneNone304 km
Jaffna to Colombo busNoneNone304 km
Colombo to Kandy busNoneNone95 km
Kandy to Colombo busNoneNone95 km
Colombo to Trincomalee busNoneNone238 km
Trincomalee to Colombo busNoneNone238 km
Colombo to Galle busNoneNone107 km
Galle to Colombo busNoneNone107 km
Batticaloa to Colombo busNoneNone221 km
Colombo to Batticaloa busNoneNone221 km
Colombo to Dambulla busNoneNone136 km
Dambulla to Colombo busNoneNone136 km
Colombo to Matale busNoneNone104 km
Matale to Colombo busNoneNone104 km
Colombo to Kurunegala busNoneNone84 km
Kurunegala to Colombo busNoneNone84 km
Colombo to Nuwara Eliya busNoneNone103 km
Nuwara Eliya to Colombo busNoneNone103 km
Colombo to Negombo busNoneNone30 km
Negombo to Colombo busNoneNone30 km
Galle to Moratuwa busNoneNone89 km
Moratuwa to Galle busNoneNone89 km
Colombo to Matara busNoneNone133 km
Matara to Colombo busNoneNone133 km
Kandy to Matara busNoneNone150 km
Matara to Kandy busNoneNone150 km
Dambulla to Trincomalee busNoneNone102 km
Trincomalee to Dambulla busNoneNone102 km
Anuradhapura to Colombo busNoneNone165 km
Colombo to Anuradhapura busNoneNone165 km
Colombo to Vavuniya busNoneNone214 km
Vavuniya to Colombo busNoneNone214 km

12Go fares in Sri Lanka

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

See Colombo to Jaffna on 12Go

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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Colombo is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

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.

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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 km8077%Colombo, 26 km
200 to 600 km2423%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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

The bus gets you into Colombo. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Colombo for the night the bus gets in

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