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Chennai Travel Local
Travel Bala
Tourist Service (822-4444), 132A KH Rd, rents cars for the day at reasonable
prices. Local
Train
Taxi Warning In Chennai the taxi drivers can take advantage
of tourists. They often refuse to use the meter and will then ask 4
or 5 times the normal fare. To/From
the Airport There is an airport bus (Rs 50 during the day and Rs 80 at night) that goes to the major hotels, Broadlands, and ends at Egmore Station. You buy a ticket at the counter next to the taxi counters. If the counter is closed, you purchase a ticket on the bus. Taxi drivers may tell you that the bus is not running when the counter is closed. Public buses can be very crowded and it is not such a good way to get to the airport, especially if you have heavy luggage. Buses #18J, #52, #52 A-D, and #55A start at Parry’s Corner and run along Anna Salai to the airport. The
suburban train from Egmore Station stops at Tirusulam station, which
is about half a km from the airport. The train runs from 4.30 am to
11 pm and takes about 20 minutes. This train is often packed during
rush hours. Air India flies to New York, London, Singapore, Kuwait and Kuala Lumpur; British Airways flies to London; Singapore Airlines to Singapore; and Malaysian Airlines to Kuala Lumpur. There
are flights to Bangalore (5 daily, $75), Bhubaneswar (3 weekly, $190),
Calcutta (2 daily, $210), Kochi (1 daily, $110), Colombo (2 daily, $140),
Delhi (6 daily, $245), Goa (5 weekly, $135), Hyderabad (2 daily, $140),
Madurai (daily, $85), Mumbai (8 daily, $160), Port Blair (1 or 2 daily,
$200), Pune (daily, $160), Tiruchirapalli (6 weekly, $80) and Thiruvananthapuram
(daily, $110). The reservation office at Chennai Central is on the upper floor of the building, next to the station. There is a “Tourist Cell” that handles tourist quota bookings and Indrail Passes. It is a useful office, but you must purchase tickets with foreign currency. It sells tickets for trains that depart from either station. In this same reservation office you can make reservations for trains that originate in Calcutta, Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and many other places (at different counters). Open Mon to Sat 8 am to 8 pm, and 8 am to 2 pm on Sunday. The booking office at Egmore Station, up the stairs near the main entrance, has no tourist counter. There is a Railway Booking Counter at the airport. Chennai has very good rail connections. From Egmore, the Rameswaram Exp #6701 (8.45 pm) goes to Rameswaram (18 hr) via Tiruchirappalli (10 hr). Rameswaram Sethu Exp #6713 (1 pm, 15½ hr). To Madurai, the Pandyan Exp #6717 (8 pm, 11 hr) and the fast Vaigai Exp #2635 (12.25 pm, 8 hr) via Tiruchirappalli (5½ hr). Trains also depart from Egmore to go to Thanjavur (9 hr) and Chidambaram (6 hr). Most other trains depart from Chennai Central. Bangalore Lalbagh Exp #2607 (3.45 pm, 6 hr), Brindavan Exp #2639 (7.15 am, 6 hr), Bangalore Mail #6007 (10.10 pm, 7½ hr), and the fully A/C Shatabdi Exp #2007 (6 am, 5 hr; except Tue); Calcutta Coromandel Exp #2842 (9.05 am, 28 hr), Howrah Mail #6004 (10.30 pm, 33 hr); Coimbatore Shatabdi Exp #2023 (3.10 pm, 7 hr); Delhi Tamil Nadu Exp #2621 (10 pm, daily, 34 hr), Grand Trunk Exp #2615 (4.30 pm, 37 hr), Rajdhani Exp #2433 (12 noon, 29 hr; Fri, Sun); Guntakal (for Hospet) Chennai-Mumbai Mail #6010 (9.40 pm, 9 hr); Hyderabad Charminar Exp #2759 (6.10 pm, 13 hr); Kochi (Cochin) Alleppey Exp #6041 (9.30 pm, 14 hr); Mettupalayam Nilgiri Exp (8.15 pm, 10 hr) Mumbai Chennai-Dadar Exp #1064 (6.50 am, 24 hr), Chennai-Mumbai Exp 6012 (11.45 am, 26 hr); Mysore Shatabdi Exp #2007 (6 am, 7 hr; except Tues), Chennai-Mysore Exp #6222 (10.35 pm, 12½ hr); Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) Trivandrum Mail #6319 (6.55 pm, 17 hr); Varanasi Ganga Kaveri Exp (5.30, 39 hr; Mon, Sat). There
are four express trains a day to Tirupati Shatabdi Exp #2035 (5.45 am,
2½ hr), Saptagiri Exp #6057 (6.25 am, 3 hr), Chennai Tirupati
Exp #6053 (1.50 pm, 3 hr). Sometimes in the busy season the tourist
quota can be totally used up for a train to Calcutta and you may not
be able to get a train for a week. You could take a train to Tirupati
and can usually book a train for the next day, as there is a daily direct
train from there to Bhubaneswar and Calcutta. The Tamil Nadu state bus company, also called the Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation (TTC), has a reservation office (534-1835) upstairs, where you can book a bus in advance for most places. The booking office is open daily 4 am to 11 pm. You can get the Bus Route Guide & Map at the enquiry office downstairs for Rs 5. It has a good map of Tamil Nadu and a detailed schedule of the Thiruvalluvar bus routes. Thiruvalluvar
station mainly serves just Tamil Nadu. Broadway station has buses to
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. The station is chaotic, but
there are young boys here that will help you get on your bus for a few
rupees. You can purchase tickets for some buses at the Tamil Nadu Development
Corp Tourist Office. Public buses to Kanchipuram leave from Parry’s Corner by the High Court where the Esplanade meets First Line Beach. Buses #41 and #76B take two hours. Express buses to Tirupati (#802, 4 hr) depart from the Thiruvalluvar bus station at 8.15 am, 3.30 pm and 8.30 pm. There are many regular buses to Tirupati, but they are slow, taking indirect routes. There are private bus companies that have deluxe video buses that go to Madurai, Bangalore, Tiruchirappalli, and other places. They charge about the same price as the state buses, but are more comfortable, except they may have noisy videos. Their offices are mainly in the Egmore area. Buses From Chennai To: Bangalore 9-11 hr 30 daily The MV Nancowry departs from Chennai to Port Blair every 10 days. The trip takes three or four days. Once a month the boat goes via Nicobar. Foreigners can not go to Nicobar and they can not use this boat between May and August. You get a ticket for this boat at the Directorate of Shipping Services (522-6873), near Gate 5, 6 Rajaji Salai (opposite the Customs House) in George Town. Foreigners have to get a permit to visit the Andaman Islands before purchasing a ticket (see visa and permit section in Andaman Island chapter). If you know of a informationthat is not correct or if you would like to help update our listings, please e-mail us at:
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