Connectivity
By Air
The
nearest airport is Trichy (163 Km) You can hire a cab from the airport to
Yercaud. Other options are Coimbatore (190 Kms) or Bangalore (222 Km) for
convenient air connections. Coimbatore is 190 Km away. They are all connected
to Madras (Chennai) which has an International Airport. Trichy is also
connected to Colombo (Sri Lanka). Salem (35 Km) is the nearest railhead and bus
services are available from Yercaud, Chennai and many other points.
By Rail
Ideal would be to take the Yercaud Express from Madras
(Chennai). Salem is 335 Km from Madras on the main railway line. Salem Junction
is 36 Km away from Yercaud and Salem Town is 33 Km. Since Salem station is a
junction, all south bound trains passing via Salem do stop over at Salem.Trains
link Salem to Cochin, Erode, Trivandrum and Mangalore. If your source of
journey is Chennai, you can take the Yercaud Express - this journey is around
335 Km. Salem that is thirty Km away. the nearest railway station is at the
Salem Junction and the Salem Town.
By Road
Regular bus services ply from Madras, Salem and other
important points. Yercaud 30 Km away and an hour's drive from Salem, can be
reached by bus or taxi. (National Highway No 47 from Bangalore.). Bus services
operate from Salem Junction and Salem bus stand to Yercaud frequently. covering
a 30 Km distance in roughly an hour. You will find a bus leaving for its
destination every half hour or so there is no town bus service in Yercaud, but
certain buses coming from Salem ply through Yercaud and connect the important
Villages like Cauvery Peak, Valavanthi, Nagalur, Velakkadai, and Swinton Bridge
are also connected to the hill resort with Yercaud. Salem is in turn linked
with Cochin, Erode, Trivandrum and Mangalore.
Yercaud is connected by road to Salem and there are
frequent buses to and from Salem, from where it is possible to get buses to any
other place in Tamil Nadu. There are buses every half hour. The last bus going
up in the night is at 1030. The mid night service is at 200 in the morning
after which regular service resumes at 430 in the morning. Buses, both private
and government owned, ply throughout the day to Salem.
There is a long road going around the middle part of the
Taluk connecting Nagalur, Semmanatham, Cauvery Peak, Vellakkadai, Manjakuttai
villages and it is 35 Km in length. There is also a bus route from Salem to
Yercaud via Ayothiyapattanam, Kuppanur and Kottachedu. State Transport
Corporation, Salem and two private operations serve the travelling public.
There are many villages connected by bus in Yercaud Taluk
PLACE
|
DISTANCE In (Kms)
|
PLACE
|
DISTANCE In (Kms)
|
CHENNAI
|
353
|
PICHAVARAM
|
248
|
BANGALORE
|
237
|
POINT CALIMERE
|
361
|
CHIDAMBARAM
|
228
|
POOMPUHAR
|
261
|
COCHIN
|
373
|
PONDICHERRY
|
239
|
COIMBATORE
|
190
|
RAMESWARAM
|
430
|
COONOOR
|
224
|
SALEM
|
032
|
KUTRALLAM
|
423
|
SITTANNAVASAL
|
209
|
GURUVAYUR
|
319
|
THANJAVUR
|
253
|
HOGENAKAL
|
145
|
THEKKADY
|
330
|
HYDERABAD
|
800
|
THIRUCHENDUR
|
433
|
KANCHIPURAM
|
335
|
THIRUCHI
|
172
|
KANNIYAKUMARI
|
501
|
THIRUNELVELI
|
410
|
KODAIKANAL
|
277
|
TIRUPATHY
|
353
|
MADURAI
|
259
|
THIRUVANNAMALAI
|
189
|
MAMALLAPURAM
|
332
|
TRIVANDRUM
|
518
|
MUDUMALAI
|
294
|
TUTICORIN
|
470
|
MYSORE
|
285
|
VEDANTHANGAL
|
283
|
NAGORE
|
237
|
VELANKANNI
|
352
|
OOTACAMUND
|
237
|
VELLORE
|
238
|
PALANI
|
224
|
Taxis
Private Taxis are available. Maruti van conveys visitors
to all points for Rs 250. Hotel vans are also available and are a bit costly to
reach far out destinations. Yercaud is well connected by road with the towns of
Salem, Cheney, Trichy, Madurai, Bangalore and Coimbatore. Salem is well linked
with Cochin, Erode, Trivandrum and Mangalore. Yercaud by rented car, taxi or
bus from any of these nodal points. The range on accommodation is limited but
there are some decent midrung hotels at Yercaud. You'll probably walk around in
town or rent a car to wander around the region.
