Thursday, January 7, 2016

Nellaiappar Temple – Connectivity

Nellaiappar Temple – Connectivity
Nellaiappar Temple is located at a distance of 1 Km from Bus Stand & 4 Kms from Thirunelveli Railway Station. Thirunelveli is well connected to other parts of the country by all means of Transport.
By Road
Tirunelveli is well-connected by road. The city is on NH 7, 150 km to the south of Madurai and 80 km to the north of Kanyakumari. NH 7A, an extension of NH 7, connects PaalayamKottai with Tuticorin Port. Now 4 lane tracks have been under progress and NH 7A stretch is almost in finishing stage.
Tirunelveli is accessible by road from Madurai (3 hours) or Nagercoil (1 1/2 hours). Tirunelveli is also connected by major highways to Kollam, Thiruchendur, Rajapalayam, Sankarankovil, Ambasamudram and Nazareth.
The Tirunelveli Division of the TNSTC (Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation), services the city and district's road transport needs with a string of local and mofussil (out-of-town) services. The State Express Bus Corporation (SETC) operates express services to ChennaiBangalore, SalemCoimbatore, Nagapattinam, Erode, Villupuram, and Tirupati.
This city is well connected to the cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum).
Bus Stands:
The main mofussil bus stand is in Veinthaankulam. This bus stand was opened for public usage from 2003 onwards. Here buses from and to outside the city and state operates services. The other bus stand for local services (within the city) Junction (Nellai Santhippu Perunthu Nilayam) Palai Bus stand (Palai Perunthu Nilayam).
By Train
A majestic looking structure with a high elevated façade, Tirunelveli Junction Railway Station is one of the busiest and most important ones in Tamil Nadu. It is connected to major cities in all four directions, Madurai/Sankarankovil to the north, Nagercoil to the south, Tenkasi/Kerala (Kollam) to the west and Thiruchendur to the east.
This railway station produces profit for the Madurai Railway division. The Nellai Express — a super-fast train connecting Tirunelveli and Chennai Egmore — runs packed almost throughout the year. The station has six platforms, three for metre gauge and three for broad gauge. Tirunelveli Junction is coded as TEN. Any train passing through the station halts in Tirunelveli Junction station.
The major trains at Tirunelveli Junction are:
·        Nellai Express
·        Kanyakumari Express
·        Thiruchendur Express via: Cuddalore ,Thanjavur
·        Anantapuri Express
·        Guruvayur Express
·        Nagercoil-Mumbai Express
·        Kollam Mail
·        Thirukkural Express
·        Kanyakumari - Howrah Express
·        Mysore Express
·        Kanyakumari - Rameswaram Express
·        Tirunelveli - Bilaspur Express via: Trivandrum
·        Tirunelveli - Hapa Express via: Trivandrum
·        Tirunelveli - Jammu(Tawi) Express via : Madurai
For the past three years Tirunelveli gets at least three express trains (per year) in the Railway budget.
By Air
The nearest airport is Tuticorin airport, located at Vaagaikulam, Tuticorin district, about 24 km east of Tirunelveli city. Connections to Chennai and Bangalore are via Spice jet.

The Madurai Airport and Thiruvananthapuram International Airport are about 150 km away by road. An unused runway at Kayattar, which is 30 km from the heart of the city, will become operational once the IT park at Gangaikondan is set up.