Sri Lanka Bus Routes

Colombo – Kandy

1	Colombo	Kandy	1-4	Colombo	Galapitamada
1-1	Colombo	Kegalle	1/245	Negombo	Kandy
1-1/245	Kegalle	Negombo	1/744	Colombo	Padiyapelella
1-2	Colombo	Mawenella	1/744-3	Colombo	Rikillagaskada
1-3	Colombo	Warakapola

The Colombo – Kandy route (A1) passes through Peliyagoda, Kadawatha, Nittambuwa, Warakapola, Ambepussa, Kegalla, Mawanella, Kadugannawa and Peradeniya

Colombo – Matara

2	Colombo	Matara	2-11	Colombo	Deiyandara
2-1	Colombo	Galle	2/1	Matara	Kandy
2-3	Colombo	Ambalangoda	2/8	Matara	Mathale
2-4	Colombo	Yatiyana	2/17	Matara	Gampaha
2/4-3	Matara	Anuradhapura	2/48	Kaduruwela	Matara
2-6	Colombo	Deiyandara	2/187	Matara	Katunayake
2-8	Colombo	Meetiyagoda	2/353	Colombo	Panakaduwa
2-9	Colombo	Deiyandara	2/366/368	Colombo	Pasgoda
2-10	Colombo	Deiyandara

The Colombo – Matara route passes through some major cities such as Moratuwa, Panadura, kalutara, Aluthgama, Ambalangoda, Hikkaduwa and Galle.(Highway A2)

Colombo – Kataragama (via Ratnapura)

3	Colombo	Kataragama	3/497	Colombo	Suriyawewa
3-1	Colombo	Embilipitiya	3/608	Colombo	Panawela
3-6	Colombo	Rathnapura	3/610	Colombo	Amithirigala

Major cities such as Nugegoda, Maharagama, Kottawa, Homagama, Avissawella, Eheliyagoda, Ratnapura, Pelmadulla and Embilipitiya fall within this route.

Colombo-Mannar

4	Colombo	Mannar	4-9/916	Colombo	Galgamuwa
4-1	Colombo	Thaleimannar	4-10	Colombo	Eluvankulama
4-3	Colombo	Anuradhapura	4-11	Colombo	Chilaw
4-3/842-1	Colombo	Pulmudai	4-12	Kalpitiya	Mannar
4-5	Negombo	Anuradhapura	4-13	Putlam	Mannar
4-7	Colombo	Putlam	4/844	Colombo	Sripura
4-8	Colombo	Kalaoya	4/926	Colombo	Bingiriya
4-9	Colombo	Anamduwa

This Route passes through Negambo, Chilaw, Puttalam and Medawachchiya.

Colombo – Kurunegala (5 via Minuwangoda, 6 via Warakapola)

5	Colombo	Kurunegala	5/245	Katunayake	Kurunegala
5-1	Colombo	Narammala	6	Colombo	Kurunegala
5-10	Colombo	Anuradhapura	6/57/540	Colombo	Galnewa
5/57/540	Galnewa	Katunayake

This route goes through Peliyagoda, wattala, Ja-Ela, Minuwangoda, Divulapitiya and Giriulla.

Colombo – Kalpitiya

7	Colombo	Kalpitiya	7-4	Ja-Ela	Kalpitiya
7-1	Negombo	Kalpitiya

This Route passes through Negambo, Chilaw and Puttalam.

Colombo – Matale

Colombo

Matale

8-580

Colombo

Matale – Dehiattakandiya

Both Colombo – Matale and Colombo – Wattegama routes are fallen through Kandy and Katugastota.

Colombo – Theldeniya

9	Colombo	Theldeniya	9-2	Colombo	Digana
9-1	Colombo	Wattegama

The route passes through Kandy and Katugastota.

Kataragama – Kandy

10	Kataragama	Kandy
10	Kataragama	Welimada (Via)Bandarawela Gaswatha

The passes major cities such as Wellawaya, Bandarawela, welimada and Nuwaraeliya.

Matara – Ratnapura

11	Matara	Rathnapura
11-1	Matara	Embilipitiya
11-2	Embilipitiya	Karapitiya
11-3	Matara	Suriyawewa

Colombo – Dayagama

13-2	Colombo	Dayagama
13-4	Hatton	Badulla

Kandy – Monaragala

14	Kandy	Monaragala
14/1/458	Mathugama	Monaragala

The route passes through Bibila and Mahiyangana.

Colombo – Medawachchiya

15	Colombo	Medawachchiya	15-8	Kegalle	Anuradhapura
15-1	Colombo	Anuradhapura	15-9	Kurunegala	Galenbindunuwewa
15-1-1	Colombo	Anuradhapura	15-10	Ingiriya	Anuradhapura
15-2	Colombo	Sripura	15-11	Colombo	Janakapura
15-3	Colombo	Kekirawa	15-16	Horowpathana	Kurunegala
15-4	Colombo	Galnewa	15-17	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura
15-5	Kurunegala	Kekirawa	15-21/490	Colombo	Galnewa
15-5/544	Kurunegala	Galnewa	15/87	Colombo	Mannar
15-5/544-1	Kurunegala	Bulnewa	15/835	Colombo	Horowpathana
15-6	Colombo	Galenbindunuwewa	15/825-1	Kurunegala	Galenbindunuwewa
15-7	Colombo	Vavuniyava	15/968	Colombo	Wewala

Colombo-Nawalapitiya

Colombo

Nawalapitiya

This route passes through Avissawella, Kitulgala and Ginigathena.

Panadura-Kandy (17 Via Nugegoda, Kotte and Belummahara)

17	Panadura	Kandy
17-1	Kurunegala	Panadura
17/15-01	Panadura	Anuradhapura

The Panadura – Kandy route is a famous route which goes via Moratuwa, Dehiwala, Nugegoda, Battaramulla, Kaduwela and Belummahara.

Colombo-Hatton

18-2	Colombo	Hatton	18-6	Colombo	Bagawanthalawa
18-5	Colombo	Pundaluoya	18/701	Colombo	Rawanagoda

Colombo-Gampola

Colombo

Gampola

The route goes via Peradeniya.

Kandy-Badulla (21- Mahaweli Raja Mawatha)

21	Kandy	Badulla
21-6	Colombo	Badulla
21/312	Badulla	Kandy

The route goes through Tennekumbura and Adhikarigama.

Kandy – Ampara (22- via Mahiyangana)

22-1	Kandy	Akkaraipattu	22-6-1	Kandy	Dehiattakandiya
22-2	Kandy	Ampara	22-6-2	Kandy	Nuwaragala
22-3	Kandy	Tempitiya	22-6-3	Keselpotha	Kandy
22-4	Mahiyanganaya	Ampara	22-7	Colombo	Kalmunai
22-5	Kandy	Mahiyanganaya	22-8	Colombo	Ampara
22-5/217	Aralaganwila	Padiyatalawa	22-9	Colombo	Nindavur
22-6	Kandy	Siripura	22/75/218	Ampara	Anuradhapura

Via Hunnasgiriya, Hasalaka, mahiyanagana, Padiyatalawa and Mahaoya.

Avissawella – Kithulgala

23	Avissawella	Kithulgala
23-1	Avissawella	Ginigathhena

Colombo – Hakmana

26	Colombo	Hakmana	27-2	Galle	Dehiattakandiya
26-1	Colombo	Middeniya	27/218/058	Wellawaya	Anuradhapura
26-2	Colombo	Kirinda	28	Colombo	Mapalagama
26-3	Colombo	Deiyandara

Badulla – Batticaloa

30	Badulla	Batticaloa
30-5	Badulla	Mahaoya

Matara – Bandarawela

31	Matara	Bandarawela	31-3	Galle	Badulla
31-1	Matara	Nuwaraeliya	31-4	Beliatta	Bandarawela
31-2	Matara	Badulla

Colombo – Kataragama (32 – Via Galle, Matara and Tangalle)

32	Colombo	Kataragama	32/17/49	Thangalle	Trincomalee
32-1	Colombo	Hambanthota	32/49	Thangalle	Trincomalee
32-4	Colombo	Thangalle	32/87-2	Vavuniyava	Kataragama
32-5	Colombo	Middeniya	32/493	Colombo	Angunukolapelessa
32-7/1	Walasmulla	Kandy

Via Kalutara, Ambalangoda, Galle and Matara.

Negombo

34-3	Negombo	Kurunegala
34-4	Negombo	Giriulla
34-10	Negombo	Trincomalee

Galle – Ampara

35	Galle	Ampara	35-7	Ampara	Ambalangoda
35-1	Matara	Ampara	35-8	Monaragala	Karapitiya
35-3	Matara	Monaragala	35/303	Matara	Pothuwil
35-6	Galle	Mahaoya

Kandy – Mahiyanganaya

36-1

Kandy

Mahiyanganaya

Colombo – Mahiyanganaya – Bibile

38	Colombo	Bibile
38-1	Colombo	Mahiyanganaya
38-3	Colombo	Dehiattakandiya

Kandy – Kaduruwela

41-2	Kandy	Kaduruwela	41-10	Kandy	Onegama
41-2/686	Kandy	Bimpokuna	41-11	Kandy	Arunapura
41-2/962	Kandy	Sungawila	41/48	Kandy	Batticaloa / iyuiiyui
41-3	Kandy	Buddhayaya

Colombo- Udugama (42)

42	Colombo	Udugama	42-8	Kandy	Horowpathana
42-2	Kandy	Anuradhapura	42-9	Colombo	Thawalama
42-5	Kandy	Nochchiyagama	42-13	Matale	Galnewa
42-8	Colombo	Mapalagama	42/430	Colombo	Morawaka

Kandy – Anuradhapura – Trincomalee

43	Kandy	Anuradhapura	45	Kandy	Trincomalee
43-1	Kandy	Mannar	45-1	Mathale	Trincomalee
43-8	Vavuniyava	Hatton	45-2	Hatton	Trincomalee
43/857	Kandy	Vavuniyava	46	Kegalle	Kaduruwela
44-6	Kandy	Nuwaragala

Kandy – Nuwara Eliya

47	Kandy	Nuwaraeliya	47-3/328	Kandy	Lunuwatte
47-3	Kandy	Welimada	47/1	Kandy	Bandarawela

Colombo – Kalmunai

48	Colombo	Kalmunai	48-17	Colombo	Welikanda
48-1	Colombo	Batticaloa	48-18	Kaduruwela	Batticaloa
48-1/962	Batticaloa	Sungawila	48-19	Kaduruwela	Kaththankudi
48-2	Colombo	Diyasenpura	48-20	Colombo	Ambagaswewa
48-3	Colombo	Kaduruwela	48-21	Kaduruwela	Akkaraipattu
48-4	Colombo	Medirigiriya	48-22	Kurunegala	Diyasenpura
48-5	Colombo	Oddamavadi	48-23	Colombo	Meegaswewa
48-6	Colombo	Hingurakgoda	48-24	Kurunegala	Meegaswewa
48-8	Kurunegala	Kaduruwela	48-25	Kurunegala	Thuduwawa
48-9	Kurunegala	Hingurakgoda	48-27	Kurunegala	Welikanda
48-11	Kurunegala	Horiwila	48-27/218	Mahiyanganaya	Kurulubedda
48-12	Colombo	Akkaraipattu	48-28	Kurunegala	Nuwaragala
48-12/962	Akkaraipattu	Sungawila	48-29	Kaduruwela	Kalmunai
48-13	Colombo	Thirukkowil	48/218	Colombo	Dehiattakandiya
48-14	Colombo	Kaththankudi	48/218-1	Colombo	Siripura
48-15	Colombo	Sungawila	48/525	Chilaw	Maduruoya
48-16	Colombo	Maduruoya	48/962	Sungawila	Kalmunai

Colombo – Trincomalee

49	Colombo	Trincomalee	49/950	Colombo	Muttur
49-1	Kurunegala	Trincomalee	49/950-2	Colombo	Seruwila
49/866	Colombo	Kinniya

Kandy – Hingurakgoda

52-3	Kandy	Hingurakgoda	52-8	Kandy	Diyasenpura
52-3/996-2	Kandy	Siyambalagashandiya	52-13	Kandy	Meegaswewa
52-6	Kandy	Ambagaswewa	55/245	Negombo	Nuwaragala

Colombo – Anuradhapura

57	Colombo	Anuradhapura	57-10	Kurunegala	Medawachchiya
57-1	Colombo	Galgamuwa	57-11	Colombo	Janakapura
57-2	Kurunegala	Vavuniyava	57-16	Kurunegala	Wilachchiya
57-5	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	57-17	Colombo	Kebithigollewa
57-7	Anuradhapura	Polgahawela	57/978	Colombo	Kalaoya
57-9	Kegalle	Anuradhapura

Colombo – Deniyaya

60	Colombo	Deniyaya
60-1	Colombo	Akuressa
60-3	Colombo	Deiyandara

Aluthgama – Panadura – Badulla (64)

64	Panadura	Ketawatta	64-3	Panadura	Badulla
64	Aluthgama	Badulla	64/98	Panadura	Ampara

Via Horana, Bandaragama, Kiriella, Ratnapura, Pelmadulla, Balangoda and Bandarawela.

Colombo – Rakwana

Colombo

Rakwana

Kandy – Rathnapura (69 – Via Kegalle and Avissawella)

69	Kandy	Rathnapura	69-4	Kandy	Awissawella
69-1	Kandy	Embilipitiya	69/15-8	Embilipitiya	Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura – Ampara – Trincomalee

75	Anuradhapura	Ampara	76-3	Trincomalee	Ampara
76	Trincomalee	Akkaraipattu	76-4	Trincomalee
76-1	Trincomalee	Kalmunai	76/218/314	Trincomalee	Badulla
76-2	Trincomalee	Batticaloa

Colombo – Nawalapitiya

Colombo

Nawalapitiya

Colombo – Nuwaraeliya (79 – Via Peradeniya)

79	Colombo	Nuwaraeliya
79-1	Colombo	Welimada

Via Peradeniya, Gampola and Pussellawa

Putlam – Batticaloa- Vavuniyava – Trincomalee – Akkaraipattu

81/48	Putlam	Batticaloa	88-2	Vavuniyava	Trincomalee
86-1	Vavuniyava	Batticaloa	89	Vavuniyava	Thirukkowil
87-2	Colombo	Vavuniyava	89-1	Vavuniyava	Akkaraipattu

Colombo – Kuliyapitiya

92-4	Colombo	Kuliyapitiya
92-5	Kuliyapitiya	Negombo
92/929	Colombo	Kuliyapitiya

Embilipitiya – Badulla

Embilipitiya

Badulla

Colombo – Akkaraipattu (98)

98	Colombo	Akkaraipattu	98-10	Monaragala	Akkaraipattu
98-1	Colombo	Ampara	98-11	Colombo	Badalkumbura
98-2	Colombo	Monaragala	98-13	Colombo	Ampara
98-3	Colombo	Kalmunai	98-14	Colombo	Monaragala
98-4	Colombo	Pothuwil	98-15	Colombo	Wellawaya]
98-5	Colombo	Wellawaya]	98/469	Colombo	Kumbalgama
98-6	Colombo	Balangoda	98/486-1	Colombo	Welioya
98-8	Colombo	Panama	98/488-4	Colombo	Pinnawala
98-9	Monaragala	Kalmunai

The route goes through Kaduwela, Hanwella, Avissawella Ratnapura, Pelmadulla and Monaragala.

Colombo – Badulla (99)

99	Colombo	Badulla	99-10	Colombo	Welimada
99-2	Colombo	Bandarawela	99-10	Colombo	Welimada – Bandarawela Via Gaswattha
99-4	Colombo	Balangoda	99/469	Colombo	Kumbalgama
99-8	Colombo	Passara	99/488-4	Colombo	Pinnawala
99-9	Colombo	Lunugala	99-19	Colombo	Gurutalawa – (Via) 6 Mile Post

The route passes through Maharagama, Avissawella, Ratnapura, Pelmadulla, Balangoda, Beragala, Haputale, Diyatalawa and Bandarawela.

Colombo – Ratnapura (122 – Via High Level Road)

122	Colombo	Rathnapura	122/210-4	Colombo	Angunukolapelessa
122/210	Colombo	Embilipitiya	122/210-5	Colombo	Sewanagala
122/210-1	Colombo	Suriyawewa	122/210/211	Colombo	Hambanthota
122/210-2	Colombo	Middeniya	122/467	Colombo	Rakwana
122/210-3	Colombo	Walasmulla

Via Nugegoda, Maharagama, Kottawa, Homagama, Godagama and Meepe.

Provincial Routes

Route NO	Start	Destination	Route NO	Start	Destination
126/69	Panadura	Mathale	449	Horana	Karandana
134	Welimada	Haputale	450	Panadura	Rathnapura
210/363	Rathnapura	Walasmulla	458/1	Mathugama	Kandy
211	Hambanthota	Embilipitiya	470	Awissawella	Eheliyagoda
218	Mahiyanganaya	Dehiattakandiya	470-2	Awissawella	Rathnapura
218-1	Mahiyanganaya	Hanguranketha	473/7	Colombo	Kalawana
218-2	Mahiyanganaya	Kaduruwela	482	Mathugama	Kalawana
218-2/22	Kaduruwela	Mahaoya	487	Deniyaya	Badulla
218-3	Mahiyanganaya	Welikanda	488	Balangoda	Hatton
218-4	Weheragala	Badulla	493	Embilipitiya	Matara
218-5	Kurunegala	Mahiyanganaya	493-1	Embilipitiya	Beliatta
218-6	Badulla	Siripura	493-3	Embilipitiya	Hakmana
218-7	Dehiattakandiya	Kaduruwela	493-4	Galle	Embilipitiya
218/22	Aralaganwila	Ampara	497	Embilipitiya	Suriyawewa
218/68	Dehiattakandiya	Monaragala	504-2	Colombo	Hirigalketiya
218/314	Kaduruwela	Badulla	507	Kurunegala	Kegalle
218/580	Dehiattakandiya	Dambulla	508	Kurunegala	Rambukkana
218/580/042	Badulla	Anuradhapura	509	Kurunegala	Rambukkana
218/685	Dehiattakandiya	Hanguranketha	533	Kurunegala	Warakapola
221-1	Siripura	Mahiyanganaya	548	Kurunegala	Kekirawa
221/22	Siripura	Mahaoya	548-1	Kurunegala	Galnewa
221-1/22	Girandurukotte	Ampara	549	Kurunegala	Dambulla
226	Balangoda	Bandarawela	549-1	Kurunegala	Wewala
228	Bandarawela	Boralanda	549-4	Kurunegala	Galkiriyagama
245-1/182/18-2	Negombo	Hatton	549/499	Kurunegala	Sigiriya
245/1/21	Katunayake	Badulla	552/584	Mathale	Galnewa
301/218	Kaduruwela	Bibile	556	Kurunegala	Mathale
310	Welimada	Bandarawela	564	Kurunegala	Ankumbura
311	Nuwaraeliya	Badulla	564-6	Kurunegala	Mirissala
311-2	Nuwaraeliya	Welimada	566	Rambukkana	Mawathagama
311/310	Nuwaraeliya	Bandarawela	581-1	Mathale	Kaduruwela
312/218	Galauda	Suriyapokuna	581-3	Mathale	Kaduruwela
314/580(i)/42	Badulla	Anuradhapura	602	Kandy	Kurunegala
315/1	Horana	Kandy	609	Awissawella	Daigala
334-1	Matara	Kataragama	609-1	Awissawella	Napawala
348	Nittambuwa	Ruwanwella	662	Kandy	Kegalle
363-6	Embilipitiya	Middeniya	662-1	Kandy	Mawanella
366-2	Colombo	Radawela	670	Nittambuwa	Warakapola
377-2	Colombo	Udugama	674-1	Colombo	Kotiyakumbura
393	Colombo	Yakkalamulla	674-3	Awissawella	Kegalle
393-2	Colombo	Baddegama	677	Colombo	Bulathkohupitiya
393-3	Colombo	Udugama	677-4	Awissawella	Bulathkohupitiya
399	Mathugama	Pitigala	718	Gampola	Kandy
401	Colombo	Elpitiya	750/3	Embilipitiya	Hambanthota
403	Mathugama	Neluwa