Rail journey · Central Highlands
Sri Lanka Highland Railway
The classic slow climb into Sri Lanka's tea country: from the temple city of Kandy through Nuwara Eliya's tea slopes to Ella, crossing the famous Nine Arch Bridge near Demodara.
Sri Lanka Highland Railway · Angshuman Chatterjee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Typical time7 h
Route length108 miles
FromKandy
ToElla
The ride
What you'll see
01
Nine Arch Bridge at Demodara
02
Tea-estate slopes of the hill country
03
Ella Gap views
04
Nanu Oya and Nuwara Eliya
The route
Station by station
- Kandy
- Peradeniya Junction
- Nanu Oya
- Haputale
- Demodara
- Ella
Route sketch · station coordinates · not to scale
Before you go
Good to know
01
Reserve second class with reserved seats — windows open for photos.
02
Do the ride in the Ella→Kandy direction if you want the Nine Arch approach.
03
Allow slack: trains on this line run late often.
Typical times and distances are for guidance only — check the operator's timetable before you travel.
Photography credits
- Sri Lanka Highland Railway — Angshuman Chatterjee · CC BY-SA 3.0
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