Tiruvannamalai Central Bus Station

Tiruvannamalai Central Bus Station Bus interchange[1]
திருவண்ணாமலை மத்திய பேருந்து நிலையம்
Location Vellore road (Chittore-Cuddalore road),
Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu.
PIN – 606601.
India
Coordinates 11°50′30″N 78°03′46″E / 11.8416°N 78.0627°E / 11.8416; 78.0627Coordinates: 11°50′30″N 78°03′46″E / 11.8416°N 78.0627°E / 11.8416; 78.0627
Owned by Tiruvannamalai Special Grade Municipality
Operated by Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu)[2]
Platforms 4 (50 Bays)
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access
Other information
Fare zone TNSTC Viluppuram Division[3]
History
Opened 2000 (2000)

Tiruvannamalai Central Bus Station (Tamil: திருவண்ணாமலை பேருந்து நிலையம்), commonly known as Tiruvannamalai New Bus Stand, is one of the bus termini of Tiruvannamalai. Sister stations include Manalurpet road station and nine other arterial festive time bus stations, which are primarily used for intra-city buses.[4] The bus station is located 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) away from Tiruvannamalai Town railway station. In terms of size, it is one of the largest functioning bus termini in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Shri Tiruvannamalai Arunachaleswarar - Abithagujalaambal shrine is 2 km (1.2 mi) away.

Services

Due to the town's location between Bengaluru and Puducherry & Vellore and Trichy, all Bengaluru bound buses from Villupuram, Cuddalore and Thanjavur pass the terminus. The station is managed by Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu). It services premium buses, which are operated by SETC.[5][6]

KSRTC and APSRTC

Tiruvannamalai is also serviced by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh government transport corporations. KSRTC's Rajahamsa, Airavat and Airavat club classbusses[7][8] along with sarige connect Tiruvannamalai with rest of Karnataka.

APSRTC connects Tiruvannamalai with Tirupathi and Hyderabad.

Platforms

PlatformDestinations
1 Towards Vellore (North)  :: Vellore, Kanchipuram, Arni and Arcot
1 sub Towards East  :: Chennai, Gingee and Puducherry
2 Towards West  :: Bengaluru, Dharmapuri, Harur, Tirupattur, Hosur, Hogenakkal, Salem, Coimbatore, Erode and Tiruppur
3 Towards Villupuram and KSRTC :: Villupuram, Vettavalam, Bengaluru Shimoga Chickmagalur Davanagere (KSRTC buses only) and Trichy via :villupuram
4 Towards South  :: Trichy via:Tirucoilur, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Kallakurichi and Attur

References

  1. ↑ "பேருந்து நிலைய ஆக்கிரமிப்புகளை அகற்ற வலியுறுத்தல்". Dinamani - Tamil Daily News.
  2. ↑ "Objective of Departments" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  3. ↑ "Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation". TNSTC Viluppuram.
  4. ↑ "Temporary Bus Stands". TV Malai. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "TNSTC Tiruvannamalai - TNSTC Blog - TamilNadu State Transport Corporation Blog".
  6. ↑ "SETC".
  7. ↑ "K S R T C.".
  8. ↑ "Google".
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