Nagapattinam – Connectivity
Nagapattinam
is situated in the Indian State of Tamilnadu. Nagapattinam is well connected to
all the major destinations and cities in India through Airways, Road and
Railways. Those who want to explore Nagapattinam by air can fly to its nearest
air base located in Tiruchirapalli.
By Road:
Nagapattinam
is connected by two national highways, NH
45A to Villupuram and NH
67 to Coimbatore and Gundlupete in Karnataka
state. Nagapattinam is
connected with Chennai, Vellore, Coimbatore, Trichy, Karaikal and other major towns of Tamilnadu through the state highways SH
22 from Grand
Anaicut to Kaveripoompattinam, SH
23 from Mayiladuthurai to Thiruthuraipoondi, SH
64 from Kumbakonam to Sirkazhi, SH
67 from Nagore to Nachiyar
Koil, SH
147 from Kumbakonam to Karaikkal, SH
148 from Nagore to Vettar. SH
149 from Sembanarkoil to Nalladai, SH
150 from Vaitheeswarankoil to Lower
Anaicut and SH
151 from Kilvelur to Kachanam.
The Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation operates close to
175 daily services connecting various cities to Nagapattinam. Most of the
buses via Nagapattinam operated by the corporation ply between Trichy and Velankanni. The corporation operates a computerized
reservation centre in the municipal bus stand of Nagapattinam. It operates
25 town buses satisfying the local transport needs of Nagapattinam and the
neighbouring villages. The State
Express Transport Corporation operates
long distance buses connecting Nagapattinam to Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram and Marthandam.
By Train:
Nagapattinam
Railway Junction connects Thiruvarur in the west, Nagore in the north and Velankanni in the south. There are passenger
trains to Trichy, Thanjavur, Mayiladuthurai, Karaikal, Mannargudi and Thiruthuraipoondi. There is a daily express train
to Chennai via Mayiladuthurai and Ernakulam via Coimbatore. There are two triweekly trains from Mannargudi
to Tirupati and Velankanni to Goa that pass via Nagapattinam.
By Sea:
The port
of Nagapattinam is in the Bay
of Bengal in the mouth of
river Kuduvayyar. The port has a commercial port complex and a dockyard
that are protected by a river mouth sand bar facing the port. The port
handles only a limited amount of edible oil imports
By Air:
The
nearest Airport is Tiruchirapalli Airport, located 145 km (90 mi) away from the town.
