Transport in Tiruchirappalli

Being located almost at the geographic centre of the state Tamil Nadu India, Tiruchirappalli is well connected by Road, Rail and Air with most cities.

In addition to this, there are Auto Rickshwas and various Taxi services to avail including Mobile application-based operators to move around the city and its suburbs.

[10] There are regular buses to Vellore, Karaikudi, Karur, Thanjavur, Kanniyakumari, Chennai, Madurai, Salem, Palani, Puducherry, Coimbatore, Kodaikanal[11] and Tirupathi.

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) operates bus services between Bengaluru, Mysore and Tiruchirapalli on daily basis.

[12] There are frequent trains to Chennai, Coimbatore, Thanjavur, Karur Junction, Karaikudi Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai, Karaikal, Chidambaram, Madurai, Vellore Cantonment, Katpadi Junction, Tirupathi, Tuticorin, Tenkasi, Kollam, Rameswaram, Bengaluru, Mysuru, Kochi, Kanyakumari, Mangaluru, Kolkata.

It was first used to handle air traffic in 1938 when Tata Airlines' commercial flights stopped at Tiruchirappalli on the Karachi-Colombo route.

[21] Air India Express has an engineering stores complex at Tiruchirapalli International Airport for repairing aircraft.

This expansion is expected to accommodate larger flights and also expand International operations to more countries given Tiruchirappalli is an integrated industrial hub in Tamil Nadu.