Central Bus Station Kumbakonam

Central Bus Station, popularly known as Central Bus Stand or Arignar Anna Moffusil Bus Stand is the main bus terminus of Kumbakonam, a town in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The bus terminus is classified as "A" category Bus station.

Kumbakonam Central Bus Station / Arignar Anna Moffusil Bus Station
LocationJohn Selvaraj Nagar,
Kumbakonam, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu.
PIN – 612001.
India
Coordinates10.9590°N 79.3878°E / 10.9590; 79.3878
Owned byKumbakonam Special Grade Municipality
Operated byDepartment of Transport (Tamil Nadu)
Platforms4 (60 Bays)
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled access
Other information
Station codeKUM (SETC)
KUM (KSRTC)
KUM (PRTC)
Fare zoneTNSTC Kumbakonam Division 454/TAJ
History
Opened1992 (1992)
Passengers
50,000 per day
Services
2,500 Bus trips/day

The prominent Mahamaham tank is 3 km away from the Central Bus Station. There are two bus stands one for mofussil services and one for town services opposite to moffusil bus stand. In future Kumbakonam need a Integrated bus stand at Chennai bypass road considering the four lanning of Thanjavur Kumbakonam Vikravandi NH 36. The present bus stand is well inside the town as it was proposed in 1980s and started to function from 1989.

Services

Around 1,500 Bus trips are start, end or passes through the Bus terminus every day.

Routes
PlatformDestination
1 Chennai, Tirupati, Bengaluru, Mysuru (SETC Buses), Vadalur, Panruti, Tindivanam, Ariyalur, Villupuram, Neyveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Virudhachalam, Cuddalore, Jayankondam, Arni, Anaikarai, Sethiyathope, Vikravandi, Ulundurpet and Karnataka state buses (KSRTC)
2 Pondicherry, Mayiladuthurai, Chidambaram, Mannargudi, Pattukkottai, Peravurani, Sirkazhi, Manalmedu, Muthupet, Needamangalam, Poompuhar and Pondicherry state Buses towards Pondicherry (PRTC).
3 Thanjavur, Trichy, Erode, Salem, Tiruppur, Karur, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Palani, Theni, Pollachi, Kodaikanal, Edappadi, Kumili, Ooty, Oddanchatram, Namakkal, Palladam, Pudukkottai, Madurai, Karaikudi, Ramanathapuram, Rameshwaram, Paramakudi, Kamuthi, Tiruchendur, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Sivakasi, Kovilpatti, Aruppukottai, Nagercoil, Trivandrum, Sankari, Guruvayur and Kerala state buses (KSRTC)
4 Tiruvarur, Nagappattinam, Vedaranyam, Karaikal, Tirunallar, Nannilam, Kudavasal, Thiruthuraipoondi and Pondicherry state Buses towards Karaikal (PRTC)

Connections

The terminus is about 200 metres (660 ft) away from Kumbakonam Town Bus stand and about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) away from Kumbakonam railway station.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Distance between Kumbakonam Railway Station and Kumbakonam Bus Stand is 0 KM / 0.4 miles". distancebetween2.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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