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Transportation/Connectivity

Roadways

Trichy is well connected to various parts of Tamil Nadu, by private and public bus services. The Theppakulam - chathram bus station, near Rock Fort temple, runs local and mofussil (city-to-city) bus services which connect people to nearby towns and villages. Bus services are frequent, once every two to five minutes. Trichy is also well-connected to the other cities of Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka and Kerala through private charter buses.

 

The central bus station runs long distance services to major cities of the State and South India such as Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil and Tirupathi. One can get buses from Trichy to almost any part of the state, due to its geographical location in the center of Tamil Nadu.

On the road infrastructure front, with the completion of highway projects in Tamil Nadu state, Trichy will have four track highways from the city branching to destination Chennai, Madurai, Tanjore and Coimbatore. The four-laning of Chennai-Trichy should be completed in mid 2008 and also Trichy-Madurai would be completed at the same time. The widening of Trichy-Tanjore, Trichy-Dindugal, Trichy-Karur and Trichy-Rameswaram should also be completed in 2 years.

 

 

Railways

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 end of 2007 or April 2008. The railway station code for Trichy Junction is TPJ.

 

 

Airways

Trichy has an international airport about seven kilometres from the city, which operates flights to Indian cities, territories, and neighbouring countries including Malaysia,Sri Lanka, Singapore, and the Gulf. Trichy airport is the second airport in south India next to Chennai to get international connectivity to Colombo (Srilanka) in 1981. Nowadays, flights are operated to Gulf countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.

Plans are being made to upgrade it to a full fledged international airport in the next three years The extended runway (8000ft) was commissoned and further expansion to 12500 ft has started. Also, the construction of new terminal building is expected to be completed in 2008.

Various airlines including Malaysian airlines, Oman Air, Mihin Lanka, Air Asia will soon operate international flights while Kingfisher Airlines is planning to connect various Indian cities. Air India Express will make Dubai and Singapore flights a daily service as soon as the corrections in the extended runway is completed.