Transport in Madurai

Madurai in Southern Tamil Nadu, India, has well-developed transport facilities.

Most of the people from southern districts visit for medical, educational, marketing, cargo, shopping, tourism or official purposes.

There are 30,126 registered three-wheeled vehicles called auto rickshaws, which are commercially available for renting within the city.

[1] After the successful launch of this new bus stand, more mofussil buses are being operated to the southern districts of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Virudhunagar, Kanyakumari, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga and Northern districts like Chennai, Vellore, Trichy, Viluppuram, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Kumbakonam Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Tiruvannamalai from the station.

The cities like Dindigul, Theni, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Ooty, Palani, Salem, Oddanchatram, Karur, Dharmapuri, Hosur, Kodaikanal and Pollachi.

There are direct trains from Madurai connecting important cities in India like Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi,Jaipur,Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Mysuru, Coimbatore, Kollam, Kanyakumari, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Rameswaram, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Vijayawada, Kolkata, Nagpur, and Bhopal.

The Airports Authority of India is planning to convert the old terminal into a cargo complex.

A total of 610 acres (250 ha) of land is under acquisition for the expansion of the runway to 12,500 ft (3,800 m) to accommodate large jet aircraft.

[13] This terminal with an area of 17,560 m2 (189,000 sq ft) can handle a passenger capacity of 250 each on arrival and departure.

[12] To start with, the union finance ministry has issued customs notifications dated 28 May 2013 regarding the handling of cargo at the Madurai International Airport.