Trains from Batticaloa to Colombo start at €36.64 and take 4h 34m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Batticaloa to Colombo starts at €36.64 and takes 4h 34m door to door, run by 2 operators over 273 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€39.39 to €76.24 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
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What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
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Changes at Dambulla, with 61 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 4h 34mCO2 33.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka Railway | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
| SriLankan Airlines | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
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The Train from Batticaloa to Colombo takes 4h 34m door to door, of which 1h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 273 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
The Train from Batticaloa to Colombo starts at €36.64 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €36.64. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
2 operators run the Train from Batticaloa to Colombo: Sri Lanka Railway, SriLankan Airlines. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
The Train from Batticaloa to Colombo leaves from Batticaloa railway station and arrives at Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport CMB. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Fares for the Train from Batticaloa to Colombo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 99 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
The Train from Batticaloa to Colombo produces about 33.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 273 km, which works out at roughly 123 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Operators on the Train from Batticaloa to Colombo publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 34m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
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.
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4h 34m
1h 36m
€39.39 to €76.24
07:30 to 07:30
1
33.6 kg
Rail