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Madampitiya

Madampitiya is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Madampitiya is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is part of the postal area Colombo 15.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Madampitiya

Airports
Colombo Ratmalana (RML), 16 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 25 km
  • Jaffna → Madampitiya
    301 km · quickest by air, 5h 1m · Rs17,160–26,620
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  • Thiruvananthapuram → Madampitiya
    364 km · quickest by air, 5h 36m · ₹10,890–16,880
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  • Tiruchirappalli → Madampitiya
    448 km · quickest by air, 5h 56m · ₹11,640–18,030
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No local-transport research exists yet for Madampitiya

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Madampitiya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt can also handle international charter flights.
  • Get inYou can also take a tri-shaw aka tuk-tuk from the bus depot (get there by free airport shuttle bus), it takes a bit more than an hour and is Rs 2,500 (2024) from airport to Galle Road.
  • Get inTake either the free airport shuttle to the bus station and then follow the road (Canada Friendship) to the Katunayaka South station (nearly 2 km, if you don't have luggage) otherwise just to take a tuk tuk right from the airport to the train station.
  • Get aroundGetting around by Tri-shaw (Three wheeler, tuk-tuk) is most convenient.
  • Get aroundBut it's best to hail a meter taxi (identified by the words "Meter Taxi" on its windshield) that is traveling in the direction that you need to go instead of hiring one from the parking area or the tuk-tuk stand.

From Wikivoyage: Colombo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    EllaLK

    7 ways of moving, 30 sources

    130 km
  2. 02
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    406 km
  3. 03
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    410 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    453 km
  5. 05
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    459 km

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Next door to Madampitiya

Madampitiya is 4 km from Colombo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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