Tiruchirappalli Travel - Nearest Airport, Station and driving distances
How to reach
In terms of connectivity, all three the destinations are well defined by all means of transport be it air, rail or road.Access Trichy is connected by a good network of roads to all important places in Tamil Nadu and there are frequent bus services from Trichy to all major places in the state. It is also a major junction on the meter and broad gauge of Southern Railway and is connected to Chennai, Madurai, Thanjavur, Bangalore, Mysore, Tirupathi, Rameswaram and Kochi. The airport at Trichy has flights to Chennai, Sharjah,Kuwait and Colombo.
Air
Trichy International Airport is well connected to the rest of India. Hire a taxi to reach your hotel.Airport is 5 km from city, Indian Airlines services connect Tiruchirapalli with Chennai, Kochi Colombo (sri-lanka), Sharajah, Kuwait.
Connected by domestic and International flights. Tiruchi is connected to Colombo, Sharjah, Kuwait, and other destinations. Indian Airlines connects it to Chennai, Kochi, Hyderabad and Calicut. Indian Airlines office at 4A Dindigul Road.
Railway Stations
Trichy is the hub of Southern Railway's operation to connect this central part of Tamil Nadu to various parts of India, notably regions in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Bengal, Maharastra, Karnataka, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh. Trichy Railway Junction has five branches leading to Madurai, Rameswaram, Coimbatore, Tanjore and Chennai and currently there are 7 platforms. Currently few of them are Meter gauge tracks being phased under Project Unigauge out as of 2006. After the completion of all ongoing gauge conversion projects in Tamil Nadu, Trichy is set to become one of the busiest railway junctions. The Electrification between Villupuram and Trichy is expected to be completed by September 2008. The railway station code for Trichy Junction is TPJ.Rail
Trichy is an important breakpoint of the Southern Railway. It connects Tamil Nadu to various parts of India including regions in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.Tiruchirapalli is connected by rail with all major towns and cities in south India. Important rail junction; the station you want is Trichy Junction. Nagappatinam (6 hrs), Madurai (3 hrs), Chennai (10 hrs), Pondicherry (9 hrs) and Rameswaram (6 hrs).
Road
Trichy is well connected by road to the rest of South India by frequent state and private buses that ply between Chennai, Madurai, Salem, Coimbatore, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Kanyakumari.Connected by road with all major cities in south India, Distance; Bangalore 345kms, Chennai 319kms, Kanyakumari 35kms and Thanjavur 56 cities.
Main and express bus-stands are 800m from the station, many routes including Maduari (2 hrs).