Nine Arch Bridge
Nine Arch Bridge
Nine Arch Bridge
Nine Arch Bridge
Nine Arch Bridge
Nine Arch Bridge
Nine Arch Bridge

Nine Arch Bridge

The glorious Nine Arch Bridge between Ella and Demodara train stations is one of the engineering marvels in the early 20th century.

  • Activity Level Easy
    Rail Walk/Bridge
  • Best Time All Day
    When Train Crosses
  • Total Time 30-45 min
    Rail Walk
  • Our Rating Must Visit
    5/5
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Nine Arch Bridge

Train tours in the highlands of Sri Lanka, is rated as one of the best train tours in the world.

And of course, the majestic Nine Arch Bridge is one of the many reasons for that. The glorious Nine Arch Bridge between Ella and Demodara station is one of the engineering marvels in the early 20th century.

This bridge, which is almost 100 years old, has been built with blocks of stone and cement without any strengthening iron or concrete. The giant arches take the bridge on a curved path to link to mountains. The Bridge was commissioned in 1921 under the British Government.

Access to the place is not that hard, but takes some rail walk from Ella town.

There is a story behind it that you would love to hear.

The World War One broke out and the steel consignment allocated for this site was seized and was used for war related projects. When the work came to a stoppage the Sri Lankan (named Appuhami) came forward and build the bridge with solid stone bricks and cement without steel.

Best Time

The best time to be there is when the train is passing. So check the train schedule before you go! Be safe when you standing on sides of the bridge when train goes across the bridge.

Kind request for all the visitors,

Ella is popular among many people for its echo-liveliness and the calm-countryside atmosphere. So help us protect the area by being responsible on your visit.
Please make sure you don’t throw all those plastic bottles, food wrappers here and there. Bring trash bags and pack out everything you bring in so it can be disposed in an appropriate place. And don’t just stop with your own trash.
We all can be happy when we visit the place next time, if we can see the place looking better than when we got there.

Take Only Pictures, Leave Only Footprints - Happy Traveling!

Checkout the times when train passes the bridge

Nine Arch Bridge is located between Ella and Demodara train stations which is about 10-12 min train travel distance. So the trains starts from either of the stations will arrive Nine Arch Bridge in about 5 minutes.

This list shows the start times from Ella and Demodara stations.

Ella to Demodara

Train Details From Ella Arrives Demodara Frequency

Night Mail

Train No: 1045

Night Mail Train
06:06 am
06:21 am
DAILY

LONG DISTANCE

Train No: 1126
13:26 pm
13:42 pm
DAILY

Podi Menike

Train No: 1005

EXPRESS TRAIN
15:15 pm
15:28 pm
DAILY

Udarata Menike

Train No: 1015

EXPRESS TRAIN
17:28 pm
17:41 pm
DAILY

1007

Train No: 1007

EXPRESS TRAIN
18:23 pm
18:36 pm
DAILY

Demodara to Ella

Train Details From Demodara Arrives Ella Frequency

Udarata Menike

Train No: 1016

EXPRESS TRAIN
06:24 am
06:39 am
DAILY

Podi Menike

Train No: 1006

EXPRESS TRAIN
09:09 am
09:23 am
DAILY

Train No: 1008

EXPRESS TRAIN
10:41 am
10:56 am
DAILY

1596

MIXED TRAINS
11:47 am
12:04 pm
DAILY

Night Mail

Train No: 1045

Night Mail Train
18:37 pm
18:53 pm
DAILY

These are fixed train times for the route. If you are looking for current train times please visit to Railway Gov site. You can find the train times from anywhere in Sri Lanka

From Ella

Start your journey from Ella Railway station and walk towards Demodara - you will enjoy the rail walk for sure.

It is about 3 km and you will enjoy the rail walk.

From Ella / By Vehicle

Turn into Gotuwala Rd from Halpe on Badulla-Bandarawela main road (Ask from any local guy - they would guide you - road is not the best for a vehicle, but still manageable)