There are 6 ways to get from Patiāla to Colombo by train, plane, ferry, bus, or car
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Train, train to Chandigarh International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Patiala to Ambala Cant Jntrain
- Take the train from Ambala Cant Jn to Chandigarhtrain
- Fly from Chandigarh International Airport (IXC) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane IXC - CMB
11h 22mRs 64,429–181,439Train, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Patiala to Ambala Cant Jntrain
- Take the train from Ambala Cant Jn to Arakkonamtrain
- Take the train from Arakkonam to Nagappattinamtrain
- Take the ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturaiferry
- Take the train from Kankesanturai to Colombo Forttrain
2d 21hRs 28,518–63,173Train, ferry via Delhi
- Take the train from Patiala to Ambala Cant Jntrain
- Take the train from Ambala Cant Jn to New Delhitrain
- Take the train from New Delhi to Villupuram Jntrain
- Take the train from Villupuram Jn to Nagappattinamtrain
- Take the ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturaiferry
- Take the train from Kankesanturai to Colombo Forttrain
2d 13hRs 28,618–64,573Train, train to Indira Gandhi International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Patiala to Ambala Cant Jntrain
- Take the train from Ambala Cant Jn to New Delhitrain
- Fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane DEL - CMB
10h 57mRs 64,654–104,309Train to Dehradun Airport, fly
- Take the train from Patiala to Rishikeshtrain
- Fly from Dehradun Airport (DED) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane DED - CMB
14h 5mRs 71,165–128,555Bus, train, drive, ferry
- Take the bus from Patiala to Chandigarhbus
- Take the bus from Chandigarh to Kotabus
- Take the train from Kota Jn to Mayiladuturai Jtrain
- Drive from Mayiladuturai J to Nagapattinamcar
- Take the ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturaiferry
- Take the bus from Kankesanturai to Pettahbus
3d 3hRs 33,097–62,534
Chandigarh International Airport (IXC) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Patiāla to Colombo is to bus and train and drive and ferry which costs Rs. 33000 - Rs. 65000 and takes 3 days 3h.
The fastest way to get from Patiāla to Colombo is to train and fly which takes 10h 57m and costs Rs. 60000 - Rs. 110000.
The distance between Patiāla and Colombo is 2770 km.
The best way to get from Patiāla to Colombo without a car is to train and ferry via Delhi which takes 2 days 13h and costs Rs. 28000 - Rs. 65000.
It takes approximately 11h 22m to get from Patiāla to Colombo, including transfers.
There are 1445+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Patiāla, India and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
There is no direct connection from Patiāla to Colombo. However, you can take the train to Ambala Cant Jn, take the train to Chandigarh, walk to Railway Station, take the line 26 bus to Colony Number 4, walk to Colony No. 4, take the line 17 bus to Behlana, walk to Chandigarh International Airport (IXC) airport, fly to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), then take the taxi to Colombo. Alternatively, you can take a train from Patiala to Colombo Fort via Ambala Cant Jn, New Delhi, Villupuram Jn, Nagappattinam, Nagapattinam, Kankesanturai, and Kankesanturai in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 55,000–180,000
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 70,000–190,000
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 65,000–190,000
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 50,000–75,000
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Madras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 55,000–75,000
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 55,000–75,000
Flights from Dehradun Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 65,000–170,000
Flights from Dehradun Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 55,000–170,000
Flights from Dehradun Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 49,000–160,000
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 60,000–170,000
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 60,000–170,000
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 50,000–90,000
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Madras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 50,000–90,000
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Hyderabad
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 50,000–90,000
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 50,000–90,000
Flights from Dehradun Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 60,000–110,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 50,000–70,000
Flights from Dehradun Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 55,000–160,000
- Phone
- 14646
- [email protected]
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Patiala to Ambala Cant Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 430–3,400
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 430–550
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,200–1,600
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 1,600–2,100
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 2,600–3,400
Train from Ambala Cant Jn to Chandigarh
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 420–3,300
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 420–500
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,200–1,500
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 1,600–2,100
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 2,600–3,300
Train from Patiala to Ambala Cant Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 430–3,400
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 430–550
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,200–1,600
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 1,600–2,100
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 2,600–3,400
Train from Ambala Cant Jn to New Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 600–4,800
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 600–750
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,700–2,100
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 2,300–2,900
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 3,800–4,800
Train from New Delhi to Villupuram Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,300–26,000
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 3,300–4,000
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 8,000–11,000
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 12,000–15,000
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 20,000–26,000
Train from Villupuram Jn to Nagappattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 550–4,600
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 550–700
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,600–2,000
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 2,200–2,800
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 3,600–4,600
Train from Patiala to Ambala Cant Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 430–3,400
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 430–550
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,200–1,600
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 1,600–2,100
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 2,600–3,400
Train from Ambala Cant Jn to New Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 600–4,800
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 600–750
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,700–2,100
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 2,300–2,900
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 3,800–4,800
Train from Patiala to Rishikesh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 650–5,500
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 650–800
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,800–2,300
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 2,400–3,100
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 4,000–5,500
Train from Patiala to Ambala Cant Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 430–3,400
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 430–550
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 1,200–1,600
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 1,600–2,100
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 2,600–3,400
Train from Ambala Cant Jn to Arakkonam
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,500–27,000
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 3,500–4,200
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 8,500–11,000
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 12,000–16,000
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 21,000–27,000
Train from Arakkonam to Nagappattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 850–7,000
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 850–1,100
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 2,300–2,900
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 3,200–4,100
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 5,000–7,000
Train from Kota Jn to Mayiladuturai J
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,200–24,000
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 3,200–3,800
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 8,000–10,000
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 11,000–15,000
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 19,000–24,000
- Phone
- +94 114 600 111
- Website
- Sri Lanka Railways
Train from Kankesanturai to Colombo Fort
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,300–3,400
- Website
- Sri Lanka Railways
- 2nd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,900
- 3rd Class Fare
- Rs 1,500–1,900
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- Rs 2,600–3,400
Train from Kankesanturai to Colombo Fort
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,300–3,400
- Website
- Sri Lanka Railways
- 2nd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,900
- 3rd Class Fare
- Rs 1,500–1,900
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- Rs 2,600–3,400
- Phone
- 0172-2990215
- [email protected]
- Website
- CTU
Bus from Patiala to Chandigarh
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100–2,000
- Website
- CTU
- AC
- Rs 100–140
- Ordinary
- Rs 100–150
- Phone
- +917412069719
- [email protected]
- Website
- transport.rajasthan.gov.in
Bus from Chandigarh to Kota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,300–6,000
- Website
- transport.rajasthan.gov.in
- Deluxe
- Rs 2,400–2,900
- Express
- Rs 2,300–3,200
- AC Sleeper
- Rs 4,600–6,000
- Phone
- +94 76 714 8292
- [email protected]
- Website
- ncgexpress.lk
Bus from Kankesanturai to Pettah
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,700–2,800
- Schedules at
- NCG Express Facebook
- Sleeper/Seater
- Rs 2,700–2,800
- Phone
- 022 - 22026666
- Website
- The Shipping Corporation of India
Ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 22,434
- Website
- The Shipping Corporation of India
Ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 22,434
- Website
- The Shipping Corporation of India
Ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 22,434
- Website
- The Shipping Corporation of India
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