subject: How To Travel From Coimbatore To Chennai [print this page] Coimbatore or Kovai is the second largest city in the state of Tamil Nadu lying on the eastern side of the Western Ghats. Municipal Corporation of Coimbatore has a population of around 2 millions. It is often called a Textile City because of the concentration of large number of textile and hosiery industries around. There are so many small scale industries and poultry farms in Coimbatore. From a tourists point of view main attractions include Siruvani falls and dam, Monkey falls, Vydehi falls and Kovai Kutralam falls.
Chennai is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu located on the Bay of Bengal coast. With a population of nearly 87 lakhs including suburbs it is the fourth most populous Indian city. Chennai is often called as The Cultural Centre of South India because of its richness in 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 Gundy National park, ValluvarKottam, Snake Park, Kapaleswar temple and Mamallapuram heritage temples among others.
Four National Highways pass though Coimbatore- NH47, 67 and 209. Chennai is connected with other major Indian cities by National Highways NH4,5,45 and 205. Distance by road from Coimbatore to Chennai via Erode, Salem, Tindivanam, Changalpattu is 496 km and can be covered in 8 hours in a car. From Coimbatore take 100 feet road (3.6 km) and Avinashi road to be on N544 (30.8 km), use Sankari main road (3.5 km) and NH7 92.5 km) to catch Salem Ulundurpettai road. After 136 km including Kallakurichi bypass catch NH45 (41.9 km), NH132(124.9 km), NH32 (22 km) and Annasalai bypass to reach Chennai. Taxi cars are available from car rental agencies to travel from Coimbatore to Chennai. One day round trip fares range from Rs 10650/- for Tata Indica to Rs 15640/- for Toyota Innova. Private bus travel from Coimbatore to Chennai will cost Rs 450/- for a/c seater and Rs 835/- for a/c Volvo sleeper bus.
Coimbatore junction and neighbouring Podanur junction which is 6 km away are important stations of the Southern Railway. There are 32 express and superfast trains for travel from Coimbatore to Chennai. Travelling time for most of the trains averages 8 hours. The fastest train in Coimbatore Chennai route, 12244 Coimbatore Chennai Duronto Express takes only 6 hours 45 minutes to cover the distance.
Coimbatore International airport caters for domestic passengers also. Chennai airports Kamaraj terminal is used for domestic flights. Spicejet, Indigo airlines, Jet air and Jet Konnect operate direct flights from Coimbatore to Chennai. Fare varies from Rs 4368/- for economy to Rs 16906/- for business class.
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