Bandarawela Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

There are infrequent direct buses to Nuwara Eliya (Rs 44) or you can hop on one of the more frequent buses to Welimada (Rs 23) and continue on to Nuwara Eliya (Rs 21) from there. There also are regular buses to Haputale (Rs 18), Ella (Rs 13) and Badulla (Rs 27). Long-distance services include runs to Colombo (Rs 200, six hours), Tissamaharama, Tangalla and Galle. Buses to Tissa, Tangalla and Galle leave from the long-distance station on Esplanade Rd. You can also change at Wellawaya for buses to Tissa or the south coast.

Train

Bandarawela is on the Colombo–Badulla railway line. Trains to Colombo (via Haputale) leave at 7.25am (on Udarata Menike), 10.20am (on Podi Menike, via Kandy), 2.20pm, 7.33pm and 8.56pm. Trains to Badulla (via Ella) leave at 5am, 7.15am, 1pm, 2.38pm, 3pm, 5.58pm and 7.15pm.

Destinations include Kandy (3rd/2nd/1st class Rs 31/85/149), Badulla (3rd/2nd/1st class Rs 7.50/19.50/34), Nanu Oya (for Nuwara Eliya; 3rd/2nd class Rs 24/67), Polonnaruwa (3rd/2nd/1st class Rs 76/210/356) and Ella (3rd class only, Rs 7).

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