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Air: Madurai is connected by air with Mumbai,
Chennai and Bangalore. There are daily flights to Madurai from Chennai,
Bangalore,Tiruchi & Coimbatore. Madurai Airport is 10 Kms away from
Madurai City.
Airport Enquiry- 0452-2671333,2670433
Indian Airlines, Airport Enquiry- 0452-2671333, 2670433
Jet Airways- 0452-2522077,2526969, 2677771
Rail: Madurai is an important railway junction
of the Southern Railway and there are direct rail connections to Bangalore,
Coimbatore, Kollam, Madras, Rameshwaram, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli,
Tirupathi and Tuticorin. Madurai is on the Madurai-Tiruchirappalli-Dindigul-Quilon
line. The Vaigai Express, which is a super-fast day train between Chennai
Egmore and Madurai takes 7 hours for the 495kms.
Railway Enquiry : 0452-2743135
Road: Two national highways - NH 7 and NH 45 connecting
Madurai to all parts of South India. It has government and private bus
services, to all the towns in the regions near by, and to all towns and
cities in TamilNadu. Madurai City has 5 Major Bus Stand.
Local Transport : Buses and auto rickshaw
are the major players in local transportation. Taxis are also there in
good numbers that ferry people inside the city walls and to other nearby
towns and cities
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