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How to get there
Air
Thiruvananthapuram International
Airport located at Valiyathura is 6kms from the city. Many international
air carriers operate daily international flights to Middle East, Male
and Sri Lanka from Thiruvananthapuram. Indian Airlines has direct communications
to Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. Jet Air (Gulf Air) has daily
flights to Mumbai and Chennai.
Road
Thampanoor (opposite the Railway Station - Ph: 2323886)
is the main bus terminal in Thiruvananthapuram. All of the
long distance buses leave from here. The city bus terminal (Ph: 2463029)is situated
at Fort from where most of the city service originates. State and National
Highways connect Thiruvananthapuram to all major Indian cities.
Kerala State Transport operates a comprehensive
service from Thiruvananthapuram, throughout the state and to Tamil Nadu.
Buses operate regularly to destinations north along the coast including
Kollam 11/2 hours, Allapuzha 31/4
hours, Ernakulam 5hours and Thrissur 63/4hours.
Buses depart 2 hour trip to Kanyakumari. There are buses daily for the
8 hours trip to Thekkady (to Periyar Wild life sanctuary).
Most of the bus service to
destination in Tamil Nadu are operated by Tamil Nadu State Buses. It has
services to Chennai (17hours), Madurai (7 hours), Pondicherry (16hours),
Coimbatore as well as Nagarcoil and Erode.
Rail
Thiruvananthapuram is an important railway terminus on the southwestern
coast. The main railway station is the Central station located at
Thampanoor. The
booking office is opened Monday to Saturday from 8am to 2pm and 2.15-8pm.
Sunday from 8am to 2pm. Railway enquiry Ph: 131 .
Numerous trains runs up the coast via Kovalam
and Ernakulam to Thrissur. There are daily train such as Parasuram express,
Malabar express, Cannanore express. There are additional daily express
to Kochi including the Venad express, the Kerala express and the Vanchinad
express. For long-haulers there is the Friday only Himsagar express to
Jammu Tawi which goes via Delhi.
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