How to Reach Pondicherry

The airport at Pondicherry is small and is connected with nearby metro cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad. Hyderabad and Bangalore are major metro cities of India and are well connected with the rest of the cities of India like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, and Indore. The second nearest airport from the Union Territory is the Chennai International Airport which is situated at 135 km and it is connected with the rest of the country.

The Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad airports are well connected with international destinations like New York, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore.

Several governments, as well as private buses, ply their trade between Pondicherry and various other cities of southern India like Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Kochi, Bangalore, Mysore, Madurai, Trichy, and Thanjavur.

You can also take a cab from major metro cities of India like Hyderabad, Chennai, and Bangalore as Pondicherry falls on national highway number 45 which connects these major cities with Pondicherry.

The nearest railway station from Pondicherry is the Villupuram railway station located at a distance of 35 kilometers from the town. This railway station is well connected with major cities of India like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi, and Mysore.