Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:31 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €17.94, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 46m over 142 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €17.94, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€17.94
- 203%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Matara
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:31First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Sri Lanka Railway runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €41.04Sat19
- about €39.39Sun20
- about €27.29Mon21
- about €27.29Tue22
- about €28.94Wed23
- about €41.59Thu24
- about €26.74Fri25
- about €27.84Sat26
- about €25.64Sun27
- about €22.89Mon28
- about €20.69Tue29
- about €21.79Wed30
- about €28.39Thu1
- about €20.69Fri2
- about €20.14Sat3
- about €22.34Sun4
- about €17.94Mon5
- about €17.94Tue6
- about €21.78Wed7
- about €24.54Thu8
- about €20.69Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia for the night the train gets in
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When to book Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €27.2990 days
- €15.1960 days
- €13.5445 days
- €17.9430 days
- €20.6921 days
- €20.6914 days
- €26.747 days
- €27.293 days
- €41.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 203 percent. The most expensive point is €41.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
142 km
123 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
76,254 → 219,827
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 142 km against 123 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ratnapura, Ambalangoda. The gap between arriving and leaving is 88 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near CTB Depot
Most of the points near CTB Depot open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?
The fastest journey from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia takes 1h 46m door to door, of which 1h 3m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 51m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?
The cheapest fare from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is €17.94, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €25.64. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?
The cheapest way from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is by train, at €17.94 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 1h 47m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?
Fares from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €13.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 203 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, at €20.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, at €17.94 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?
No operator record names Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia directly. Sri Lanka Railway publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?
33 percent of the services we sell from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia are direct. The rest connect at Ratnapura, Ambalangoda, with about 88 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia use?
Services from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia by train leave from Matara railway station and arrive at Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Matara to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia on September 18, 2026: 142 km of route against 123 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 1h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia and across Sri Lanka
Day trips that leave Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in the morning and cover a good part of Sri Lanka by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Matara reaches 11 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 62 to 133 km. Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia reaches 4 places in 1 countries, from 61 to 123 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Matara
- 11Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Leaving Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
- 4Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators