How to Reach Madurai

Get Directions to Madurai

From:

To:

How To Reach Madurai By Air

There is a domestic airport at Madurai which is located at a distance of about 12 kilometers from the main city. It was established in the year 1956. Air India flies flights to Chennai and Kochi, Jet Airways to Chennai and SpiceJet to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Vijayawada. From the airport you can hire a taxi or take a bus to reach the Madurai bus stand.

The Madurai airport code is IATA: IXM, ICAO: VOMD.

International Airports Near Madurai, Their Type, Distance and Driving Time To Madurai

Airport	Code	Type	Distance	Time
Tiruchirapalli Airport	TRZ / VOTR	International	113 km	1 hr 50 min
Coimbatore International Airport	CJB / VOCB	International	210 km	3 hr 37 min
Cochin International Airport	COK / VOCC	International	273 km	5 hr 10 min
Trivandrum International Airport	TRV / VOTV	International	308 km	4 hr 39 min

Airlines that fly from and to Coimbatore and their connecting places

Connecting Places	Airlines
Bangalore	Air Deccan, Kingfisher, Air Sahara, Jetair, JetLite
Calicut	Indian
Chennai	Jetair, Air Deccan, Paramount, SpiceJet, Indian, IndiGo
Cochin	Indian, Air Deccan
Delhi	Indian, Air Sahara, SpiceJet, IndiGo
Hyderabad	Paramount, Air Deccan, SpiceJet, IndiGo
Mumbai	SpiceJet, Air Sahara, Jetair,, Indian, Air Deccan, IndiGo, JetLite
Kozhikode	Air India
Bhubaneshwar	IndiGo
Ahmedabad	JetLite, SpiceJet
Kolkata	JetLite

How To Reach Madurai By Train

Reaching Madurai by train is very easy because the railway station is located in the heart of the city in easy accessible location. The city is well connected by trains with other parts of India. There are two railway stations here Madurai Junction and Madurai East.

The railway station code of Madurai Junction is MDU and the station code of Madurai East is MES.

List of trains passing through Madurai Junction

List of trains passing through Madurai East station

Trains to Madurai from important destinations in India

Starting Station	Train Name	Train Number
Chennai Egmore	MS – TCN Express	16735
Rameswaram	RMM - MDU Passenger	56722
Quilon	QLN – MDU Passenger	56701
Mysore	MYS – TN Express	16732
Dindigul	DG – MDU Passenger	56707
Tirunelveli	TEN – ED/MV Passenger	56826
Tiruchirapali	TPJ – TEN Intercity Express	22627
Erode	JAT – TEN Himsagar Express	16788
Nagarcoil	NCJ CBE Express	16609
Coimbatore	CBE NCJ Express	16610

How To Reach Madurai By Road

Madurai is well accessible by road due to its proximity to the national highways, NH 7, NH 45 B and NH 49. All these are multi-lane roads and so traveling to Madurai by car or by bus is fairly easy. There are luxury buses as well as ordinary buses from the neighboring cities and states. There are many bus stands in Madurai and the important ones are Mattuthavani Bus Stand and Periyar Bus Stand.

Distance from Madurai to other nearby cities

Places	Distances
Chennai	461 km
Mysore	386 km
Dindigul	65 km
Erode	205 km
Coimbatore	215 km
Nagarcoil	243 km
Trivandrum	308 km
Kanniyakumari	244 km
Tirunelveli	158 km
Tiruchirapalli	136 km
Rameshwaram	168 km
Cochin	273 km