page_title: Battaramulla
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Battaramulla / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: Cessna 208 aircraft of Cinnamon Air on Diyawanna Oya
context_page_description: Battaramulla is a suburb of Colombo, situated 8.4 km from the city centre at Colombo Fort, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the fastest developing administrative, commercial and residential areas in the Colombo District, being home to the country's elite. By present Battaramulla has been an important town in Sri Lanka, because of the Sri Lankan government's decision to locate all the government department head offices in this town.
context_section_description: There are number of public bus services available to reach Battaramulla town from Colombo City.
  Route number 171 is the main public bus service which is started from Colombo-Fort and ended at Kandawatta Junction (Palan Thuna Handiya). Route number 152 buses come to Denzil kobbekaduwa Mawatha via Kolonnawa and Mulleriawa side. Additionally you can reach to Battaramulla town by route no 170 - Athurugiriya, route no 190 - Meegoda, route no 174 Kottawa, route no 186 - Jayawadanagama and route no 177 - Kaduwela buses from the Colombo city.
  From Dehiwala town, which is located on the Colombo - Galle main road you can take route no 163 buses to reach to Battaramulla. These buses come via Nugegoda and Kotte. From Kandy city or Kurunegala city you can take route no 17 - Panadura buses. These buses come more than 100 km from Kandy and Kurunegala via main towns like Peradeniya, Kadugannawa, Mawanella, Kegalle, Polgahawela, Allawwa, Warakapola, Nittambuwa and Kaduwela. If you come from Panadura side, you can reach to Battaramulla by route no 17 - Kandy or Kurunegala buses and they come via Moratuwa, Rathmalana, Galkissa, Dehiwala, Nugegoda and Kotte.
  A government bus runs inside the town area under route no 374 which starts from Battaramulla main junction and ends at Pelawatta junction via Ganahena, Robert Gunawardhana Mawatha, Korambe, Batapotha and Akuregoda.
  In addition to the public bus services there are office time bus services which arrive to Battaramulla town, in the morning and depart from the town in the evening only in government office working days. Buses that pass through Battaramulla are Kottawa - Borella (174), Battaramulla - Dehiwala (163), Koswatta/Pelawatta - Fort (171), Athurugiriya - Pettah (170) Meegoda - Pettah (190)
caption: A Cinnamon Air aircraft on Diyawanna Oya, Battaramulla
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