Tiruchy or Tiruchirappalli is well connected to Chennai the capital city of Tamil Nadu by bus, train as well as by air services. Frequently there are buses and trains from Chennai. Night travel is the best if travelling by train or by bus.
The highest number of buses leaving Chennai is towards Trichy and vice versa. There is almost a bus leaving every hour in each direction.You can either take the state government run busesState Express Transport Corporation or TamilNadu State Transport Corp. or private buses.The Private buses run by the following operators are very convenient and timely and comfortable:
KPN Travels (http://kpntravels.in/)
Parveen Travels (http://www.parveentravels...)
SRM Travels (http://www.srmtransports.in/)
Other alternatives are at Redbus (http://www.redbus.in/trav...)
All these have Internet bookings so you can plan your trip in advance.The airport is located around 5 km towards Pudukottai at Chembattu.
Since 2008, Tiruchirappalli became a convenient low-cost entry point to India from South-East Asia or vice versa, as AirAsia (http://www.airasia.com) started to fly here from Kuala Lumpur. Tickets booked in advance cost around Rs 3,000 US$60, for a 4 hr flight, but can be well below Rs 2,000 during frequent sales. This is quite a good option even if you fly from Thailand to South India. Singapore based LCC Low Cost Carrier Tiger Airways provides a service from Singapore 4 times weekly. Air India Express LCC subsidiary of Indian Airlines flies to and from Dubai, Kuala Lumbur, Singapore daily and Abu Dhabi weekly twice. Air India Express also operates a daily domestic service to Chennai and weekly service to Mumbai. Sri Lankan airlines gives connection to rest of the world through Coloumbo as transit point. Kingfisher airlines operate daily twice service to chennai.
Trichy Railway Station is well connected to all cities and most of the major tows in India. It is one of the busiest railway station in Tamilnadu. It is one of the major junctions which has trains to Trivandrum, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kochin, Madurai, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli.
Major national highways pass through Tiruchirappalli leading to well connected road network to rest of India.
