How To Travel From Chennai To Pune
Chennai, a port city on the east coast, is the capital of Tamil Nadu
. With a population of nearly 87 lakhs including suburbs it is the fourth most populous metropolis of India. Koovam and Adayar rivers flow through the city. Chennai The Cultural Centre of South India is famous for music, art and culture. Many heavy, automobile, telecom and electronic industries are located here. Chennai's 6 km long Marina Beach is the second largest urban beach in the world. Other major tourist attractions are Fort St George, Valluvar Kottam, Eliot's beach, Kapaleswar temple and ISKON temple among others.Pune the second largest city in the state of Maharashtra lies on the Deccan Plateau. The population of the city stands around 55 lakhs including suburbs. Pune is called the "Cultural Capital of Maharashtra" as it is a centre for education, music, art & craft and theatre. It is an industrial town with Indian Majors "Kirloskars" and "Tatas" having their factories there. It is an important training centre for Armed Forces as National Defence Academy, College of Military Engineering and Armed Forces Medical College are located there. Pune is world famous for Paragliding activities. Important places of tourist attraction are Aga Khan Palace, Osho Asram, Shaniwar Wada and Mulshi Lake.
Four National Highways NH 4,5,45 and 205 originate from Chennai. Chennai to Pune road distance is 1203 Km approximately via Bangalore. If one takes NH 4 and its by-passes the distance can be covered in 18 hours. The rough route will be NH 4(77 km), NH 48 (31 km), NH 4(43 km), NH 69 (82 km), NH 4 (95 km), Bangalore Nelamangala express way (15 km), NH 4 (751 km), SH 65 (29 km), Panshet Vella-Torna road (11 km). Taxi fares will vary from Rs 13/km for Hyundai Santro to Rs 55/km for Honda Accord.
Private operators are plying buses from Chennai to Pune and fares depend on the service requirements. Per head fare varies from Rs 500/- for non-a/c buses to Rs 2000/- for Volvo Multi-Axle semi-sleeper buses.
Chennai city has two railway stations Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore catering for long distance trains. Pune Junction is an important station on Chennai Mumbai sector. Chennai to Pune rail link is 1089 km long and there are 4 direct trains running between the two cities with average running time of 22 hours. Fastest train 12164 Egmore- Dadar superfast takes 19 hours 35 minutes.
There are 7 direct flights from Chennai to Pune and the operators are Go air, Indigo, Spicejet, Jet airlines and Air India. Air fare is Rs 5260/- to Rs 6079/- for economy and Rs 24600/- for business classes and the flight time is 1 hour 35 minutes on an average.
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