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Colombo To Jaffna.

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Colombo to Jaffna by road will take around 6 - 7 hours of driving in a good vehicle on a sunny day. Also there are facilities available to travel by Luxury Busses, A/C Trains and by Air between Colombo and Jaffna city. Jaffna road covers small towns, villages and forests on your way to Jaffna. On the way to Jaffna you can find lot of petrol stations, fast food joints, Sri Lanka food restaurants and coffee shops. Most of these places provide WC and ample car parking space for their guests. Even in grocery stores you can buy mineral water, soft drinks, Biscuits along with packed food items at important Junctions on the Jaffna Colombo road. Check for the marked price and expiry dates on the products. If you are traveling in the night time must be careful about the parked vehicles without parking lights.

Asof today best way to travel between Colombo and Jaffna is to use the private Bus service or private van service.
For the train service there is no perfect announcement about their service.
On a day they will say the Jaffna train is going to run from tomorrow and on the the other day they will say the service will not be provided due to some technical issue.

Colombo to Jaffna .

By Air. Oneway Ticket Rs 22,000/-
Train Service - Ticket price from Rs 1,800/- Rs 3,200/- and Rs 4,000/- depending on the type of trains.
Luxury Bus ticket Price Colombo to Jaffna. Rs 3,000/- ( 8 hours Journey)
Private van (shared with limited Luggage) Rs 10,000/- for a person
With personal Private Van. Rs 50,000 - Rs 70,000/- Maximum 10 passengers. Oneway. (Expressway Toll pay Rs 400/- should be paid by the passenger.)
Toyota KDH van, Colombo to Jaffna journey price is Rs 65,000/-. (One Way) Additional KM is charged at Rs 160/KM.

Colombo to Jaffna Distance: 394 Km.
Kinds of Roads: Expressway and Asphalt Roads. (Traffic Police are manned through out the route)
Road Signs: Well placed and Visible. Pedestrian crossing is marked in white color.
Traffic Signals: Jaffna town is now being fitted with Traffic lights at important road junctions. Also many towns on the way to Jaffna have Road Signal Lights.
Meanwhile there are many streets are restricted as one way only. So see the road signs at the street junctions and act according to them to avoid Police fines.
Private Vans are offering Colombo to Jaffna shared transport for expatriate Tamil People at the price of Rs 10,000/- per seat and Rs 5,000/- for a large luggage to carry with them. (Good for Tamil speaking Tourists coming from USA, UK, Australia, Canada and Europe)

Luxuary bus

Take Care.

  • During the rainy season, flash floods may pass over the roads. Be careful when you want to drive through the flooded roads.
  • Look out for wild elephants that may wander on the roads, quick crossing deer, wild boars and cattle heard sleeping on some roads that are near to forests.
  • Avoid drinking water from wells in Mankulam and Vavuniya area as some people may get Urinary problems due the high content of the black stone content.
  • For better health drink, bottled mineral water and King Coconut water.
  • Don't drive on the hot road for long hours as any of your previously repaired tube punctures may start to leak air and your travel may be interrupted.
  • Look out for the speed limit displays and follow it, as there are many police officers are there to catch the speeding drivers.
  • On the bends take much care as heavy trucks were used to be parked carelessly by it drivers. (Lot of fatal accidents had taken place in these bends in NP)
  • Also at the bends (curves) don't cross over the single white line as there may be police officers waiting to book you for the offense.

For trouble free driving top up your mobile data plan in your Smartphone or Tablet. Switch on your GPS and activate your Google map. Feed your current position and the destination, for easy riding. Also you can ask people on the street and the assistance from nearby Police personal.

Colombo to Jaffna Routes.

Express Way: Ride though Expressway from Peliyagoda up to Negombo town. Pay at the exist Toll post.
Route 1: Via Chilaw, Puttalam, Anuradhapura to Jaffna.
Route 2: Through Kurunegala, Dambulla, Anuradhapura to Jaffna.
Route 3: Via Chilaw, Puttlam, (Mannar Road) Silavaththurai, Poonagari to Jaffna.


Tourist Transport

Popular spots for refreshment and some rest on the Jaffna Colombo Route.
Anuradhapura, Dambulla, Puttalam, Murukandy Pillaiyar kovilady, Kilinochchi and Pallai

To avoid traffic in Colombo, start your journey from Jaffna by 5:00 AM.
If you are riding on good average speed you can reach Colombo by evening 2.00 PM.
Keep your vehicle's speed limit at the required rate as per the road signs. Traffic Police personal used to catch violators on this route.

Jaffna Colombo Bus Service

At day time, use the outer roads of Jaffna Town as the Town used to experience heavy traffic on its narrow roads on working days.
Get your favorite FM Radio's Island wide broadcasting frequency meter number, as the radio stations will stop functioning when you come out of Colombo limit.
And in some place there may be no radio signals won't be available, so keep your CD and USB storage ready with your favorite songs.
During the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple Annual Festival Pointpedro road will be closed for nearly 28 days. Use the alternative routes.

Advice to Colombo Jaffna bound drivers.

If you feel sleepy stop the vehicle in a suitable place and get a small sleep.
With 10 passengers the vehicle may move so fast when you slap the brake.
So take much pre-caution when applying brakes.
There are 10 lives you have to safe guard who are travelling with you.
Don't get angry on other drivers on the road even .if you are not on the fault side.

 



Sri Lanka - Colombo to Jaffna by Train and Bus. Video Here.