Transport in Thanjavur

Thanjavur is well connected by Road, and Rail with most cities and towns in India Thanjavur is well-connected with Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirapalli, Karaikal, Pudukkottai, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Kumbakonam, Nagapattinam, Pattukkottai, Bengaluru, Ernakulam, Marthandam, Nagercoil, Tirupathi, Trivandrum, Ooty and Mysuru through regular bus services.

Previously, Thanjavur had a single bus terminus located at the heart of the city.

There are daily express trains to Chennai, Mysuru, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Tiruchchirapalli, Hosur, Salem, Karur, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Rameswaram, Tiruchendur, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Villupuram, Chengalpattu, Mannargudi, Bengaluru, Dindigul, Pudukkottai, Karaikudi, Sivaganga, Manamadurai and weekly trains to Tirupati, Nellore, Itarsi, Visakhapatnam, Hubli, Vasco da Gama (Goa), Vijayawada, Nagpur, Jabalpur, Satna, Katni, Allahabad, Ayodhya, Faizabad, Varanasi and Bhubaneswar.

There are frequent passenger trains from the city to towns like Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Karaikal, Tiruchirapalli, Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai and Nagore.

In the early 1990s, Thanjavur was connected with Chennai via the Vayudoot flight service, which was stopped due to poor patronage.