Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...

has a well-developed transport infrastructure. Being located almost at the geographic centre of the state

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, Tiruchirappalli is well connected by

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and

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with most cities.

Roads

Tiruchirappalli City has 1294.27 km of Roads as of 2017 in which 268.41 km is of unsurfaced and rest all are surfaced in some form. Bharathidhasan Road has been designed as a Model road of the city. Other Arterial roads include Bharathiyar Road, Collector Office Road, Thennur High Road, Salai Road, Sastri Road, Madurai Road, Thillainagar Main Road, College Road, and Gandhi Road. Various Initiatives has been taken up by the city corporation during 2018 and 2019 with private partnerships, Smart city and various funds to install facilities like Open-Air Gym on roadsides, Fountains with the beatification of roundabouts, One Smart road has also been created.

National highways

Tiruchirappalli being in the central point of the state has major National Highways radiating out as follows * NH 38 (Old NH 45) towards Perambalur, Villupuram, Vellore leading to Chennai *

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(Old NH 227) towards Jayamkondam, Chidambaram *

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(Old NH 67) towards Thanjavur, Nagapattinam * NH 336 (Old NH 210) towards Pudukottai leading to Rameshwaram * NH 38 (Old NH 45B) towards Madurai, Tuticorin *

(Old NH 45) towards Dindigul, Palani, Coimbatore *

(Old NH 67) towards Karur, Coimbatore Major Tamil Nadu State Highways leading out of the city are * SH 22 towards Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai, Poompuhar * SH 25 towards Musiri, Namakkal, Salem leading to Bangalore * SH 62 towards Thuraiyur

Bypass and Ring Road

Tiruchirappalli City has two bypasses built till now. Chennai Bypass was built to shift old NH-45 out of the city starting from No.1 Tollgate to Mannarpuram which extended later to Edamalaipatti Pudhur during the conversion of the highways to four-lane highways. Karur Byepass road was built as an alternate alignment to reach NH 67 from the city near Salai Road without touching Chatiram Bus Station. A Semi-Ring Road was proposed in 2007 along with a four-lane widening of Old NH 67 and Old NH 45. The semi-ring starts from Jeeyapuram in NH 81 and ends at Thuvakkudi in NH 83 connection NH 83 at Cholan Nagar, NH 38 at Panjappur, NH 336 at Mathur. The project is split into two stages Jeeyapuram to Panchapur and Panchapur to Thuvakudi. The work came to a halt in 2009 due to court case to modify the alignment of stage 1 which was crossing over Lakes. The new alignment was created by NHAI in 2011. And the work has resumed recently in 2019.

Public Transport

An easy way to move across the city is Buses operated by both state-run TNSTC and many private modes of transport.

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, Pg 491 More than 350 buses are running in the city. 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. Important Bus Terminals in the city are * Panjappur Integrated Bus Terminus, Tiruchirappalli * Chathiram Bus Station * Central Bus Station * Srirangam Bus Terminus (Under Construction) *Thiruverumbur New Bus Terminus (Proposed) * K.K. Nagar * Thuvakkudi Tiruchirappalli is a Division under TNSTC,

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. There are regular buses to

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, Kanniyakumari,

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(KSRTC) operates bus services between

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and Tiruchirapalli on daily basis.

Rail

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, Karur Junction,

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, Tirupathi,

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. About nine express trains operate daily on the Chord line, important among are

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Rockfort Express The 12653 / 12654 Rockfort Express is a Superfast Express overnight Express rail connecting Tiruchirappalli with Chennai Egmore via Villupuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This train serves as the main connectivity to the sta ...

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, Pg 415 The ''Mysuru Express'' plies between Tiruchirappalli and

on a daily basis, stopping at

and

on the way. Tiruchirappalli has rail connectivity with most important cities and towns in India. Tiruchirapalli is also proposed for monorail in mid 2023 and expected to start metro train project in Trichy by mid 2024.

Air

Tiruchirapalli International Airport is a major airport mostly serving

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and adjacent districts in the

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. The airport, located on the NH 210

highway, is south of the city centre. The

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is the second biggest airport in Tamil Nadu after

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' commercial flights stopped at Tiruchirappalli on the

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route. In 1948,

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commenced daily passenger flights between Tiruchirappalli and Colombo via Jaffna. There are regular flights to

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. Air India Express has an engineering stores complex at Tiruchirapalli International Airport for repairing aircraft. The airport is scheduled for expansion soon as the local government has acquired the land in and around the existing airport. 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. Tiruchirappalli International Airport caters for the need of 12 districts in Tamil Nadu like

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(UT),

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and

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. In November 2011, The airport commenced international cargo operations, for which, the cargo terminal was built at the cost of Rs. 1 crore.

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