Station Name:-			Peradeniya Junction
Code	:-	PPL	Track name	:-	01 Main Line  1way+1way
Distance	:-	114.84Km	Number of platform	:-	03
Elevation	:-	476.38m	Length of platform	:-
location	:-	Kandy /Central	Start in	:-	1867

Peradeniya junction Railway Station  is 45th railway station on the main line and situated about 115 km away from the Colombo-Fort, at an elevation of about 476 meters above sea level. It is an important railway junction in Sri Lanka railways, which connecting the Track No 02 Matale line, from Peradeniya to Matale via Kandy and Track No 01 Main line, from Colombo to Badulla. Station has three platforms. Generally, platform no one and two are serve the trains of Matale line and Main line. Platform no three used for inbound and outbound services to the Main line. Almost all Long distance and Local trains stop at the station.

Train Time Table at Peradeniya Junction Railway station

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Main Line - Peradeniya To Badulla / Nawalapitiya / Hatton Train Schedule

T- No	D- Time	Destination	Available	Type
1126	03:47	Badulla	Daily	LCT
1120	06:03	Nawalapitiya	Daily	LCT
1005	08:33	Badulla	Daily	XPT
1015	10:55	Badulla	Daily	XPT
1007	12:31	Badulla	Daily	XPT
1023	15:54	Hatton	Daily	XPT
2185	19:33	Nawalapitiya	Daily	LCT
1045	23:06	Badulla	Daily	NMT

Train No	Type of The Train	Peradeniya Departure Time	From	To	Available Days
1046	Long Distance	02:20	Badulla	Colombo Fort	Daily
1236	Local Trains	06:49	Nawalapitiya	Kandy	Daily
1520	Local Trains	07:46	Hatton	Kandy	Daily
1128	Local Trains	08:24	Polgahawela	Kandy	Daily
1009	Long Distance	09:22	Colombo Fort	Kandy	Daily
1007	Long Distance	10:30	Colombo Fort	Badulla	Daily
1031	Long Distance	11:18	Colombo Fort	Kandy	Saturday, Sunday And Holidays
1541	Local Trains	12:03	Hatton	Kandy	Daily
1019	Long Distance	13:41	Colombo Fort	Kandy	Daily
1023	Long Distance	15:47	Colombo Fort	Hatton	Daily
2243	Local Trains	16:45	Peradeniya	Matale	Daily
1023	Long Distance	17:13	Colombo Fort	Hatton	Daily
1244	Local Trains	17:33	Nawalapitiya	Kandy	Daily
1029	Long Distance	17:57	Colombo Fort	Kandy	Daily
1035	Long Distance	19:28	Colombo Fort	Kandy	Monday To Friday (Except Holidays)
1035	Long Distance	19:28	Colombo Fort	Kandy	Monday To Friday
1039	Long Distance	20:47	Colombo Fort	Kandy	Daily
1189	Local Trains	21:45	Polgahawela	Kandy	Daily

Colombo Fort to Peradeniya Train time table and tickets prices				Train ticket prices
Train No	Time	Time table by train number		1st Class	2nd Class	3rdClass
1005	05.55	View  Time table  Train No 1005-1006		340.00	180.00	100.00
1009	07.00
				View All tickets prices From Colombo Fort
1007	08.10	View  Time table  Train No 1007-1008
1031	08.50
1015	09.45	View  Time table  Train No 1015-1016
1023	12.40
1029	15.35
1035	16.35
1039	17.45
1045	20.00	View  Time table  Train No 1045-1046	Updated 27/12/2012

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Peradeniya Railway Station 3rd Platform

Peradeniya railway station is one of the oldest railway stations in Sri Lanka that opened in 1867 when the route was extend from Polgahawela to Kandy as a part of Colombo to Kandy, the first train route in Sri Lanka. Initially the station was not a railway junction station. 6 years later, exactly on January 15, 1873 Station became a junction station with line was constructed From Peradeniya to Gampola and renamed the station as Peradeniya Junction Railway Station. The station had two platforms in the beginning and type of the railway junction was Y-shaped Track Arrangement, which mean that train routing from one line to the other line that train needs reverse. accordingly incapable accessibility, Sri Lanka railways upgraded the junction railway network which Y shape railway junction to the Triangular Railway Junction, as well as constructed one more platform alone from the main station in the triangle railway network alike a small railway station. Which mean that, now can be routing trains from any line to any other line, without reverse the train. 1st December 2008, new platform opened and named as the “3rd platform”.

Satellite image of Peradeniya Railway junction

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City and surrounding area

Peradeniya Station is near many tourist attractions including Peradeniya botanical garden, one of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the world, famous for the varieties of Orchids.
Another important place is the University of Peradeniya situated close to the railway Station
Use the map or web to explore the area around Peradeniya junction Station.