Coimbatore

The city has six major arterial roads and three National Highways, NH-47 Kanyakumari-Salem, NH-67 Nagapattinam-Ooty and NH-209 Bangalore-Dindigul passing through the city. The city has a civil airport at Peelamedu and an Airforce base at Sulur. Broad Gauge trains connect to all parts of India. A by-pass tollway was built recently to avoid unnecessary traffic into the city.

By plane

Coimbatore Airport is approximately 7 kilometers from the center of the city, connections are mainly done with airport's own prepaid cabs. The airport currently has two operational terminals one for departure and one for arrivalarrival building made newly. Coimbatore airport has regular flights from many Indian cities, and Flydubai is planning to start operations from September 2009. Air Asia has also expressed interest in introducing flights between Coimbatore and Kuala Lumpur. Flights to Colombo, Sharjah, Singapore is operational currently. Colombo by Sri Lankan Airlines, Sharjah by Air Arabia, Singapore by Silk Air.

DOMESTIC Indian Airlines Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Cochin and Calicut Jet Airways Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore IndiGo Chennai, Delhi Kingfisher Bangalore, Mumbai,& Chennai Jetkonnect, formerly Jetlite (http://jetkonnect.com) Hyderabad, Bangalore & Delhi Spice Jet - Chennai, Bombay, Bangalore, Hyderabad &Delhi

INTERNATIONAL AirArabia Sharjah SilkAir Singapore

By train

Coimbatore Junction is well connected by trains from all major cities including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calicut, Cochin, Chennai, Gorakhpur, Hyderabad, Kanyakumari,Tirunelveli, Jammu, Mumbai, New Delhi and Trivandrum. Other nearby train stations include Podanur Junction and Coimbatore North Junction.

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