Chennai to Karur bus

Buses from Chennai to Karur start at €26.03 and take 6h 34m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Chennai to Karur starts at €26.03 and takes 6h 34m door to door, run by 3 operators over 385 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 34mDoor to door
  • 4h 48mMoving
  • €27.13 to €68.93From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 13.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€27.13 to €68.93 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Chennai and Karur.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €68.93Thu24
  2. about €62.33Fri25
  3. about €53.53Sat26
  4. about €46.38Sun27
  5. about €42.53Mon28
  6. about €37.58Tue29
  7. about €34.83Wed30
  8. about €34.83Thu1
  9. about €40.33Fri2
  10. about €35.38Sat3
  11. about €39.78Sun4
  12. about €34.83Mon5
  13. about €27.13Tue6
  14. about €29.33Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 12 October 2026

Cheapest€26.03
  1. Apsrtc A891507:304h 8m11:38Bus Stopbus stop
  2. Southern Railway SR965012:4040m13:20Tiruchirappalli Fort railway stationKarur Junction railway station

Changes at Tiruchirappalli, with 62 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 34mCO2 13.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Apsrtc72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
South Western Railway140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
Southern Railway140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

The coach gets you into Karur. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Karur for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Karur Junction railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Chennai to Karur

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €27.1290 days
  2. €28.2260 days
  3. €27.1245 days
  4. €26.0330 days
  5. €29.3221 days
  6. €29.3314 days
  7. €34.837 days
  8. €53.533 days
  9. €68.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 165 percent. The dearest point is €68.93, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €39.78Sun
  2. €34.83Mon
  3. €27.67Tue
  4. €29.33Wed
  5. €34.83Thu
  6. €40.33Fri
  7. €35.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Chennai

Coach
  • Bus Stop
  • Taramani

Karur

Coach
  • Karur New Bus stand
  • Karur Old Bus Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 385 km against 336 km in a straight line, a detour of 18 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Salem, Tiruchirappalli. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Chennai at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Chennai to Karur

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Chennai to Karur take?

The Coach from Chennai to Karur takes 6h 34m door to door, of which 4h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 385 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Chennai to Karur cost?

The Coach from Chennai to Karur starts at €26.03 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €27.41. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Chennai to Karur?

3 operators run the Coach from Chennai to Karur: Apsrtc, South Western Railway, Southern Railway. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Chennai to Karur use?

The Coach from Chennai to Karur leaves from Bus Stop and arrives at Karur Junction railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Chennai to Karur?

Fares for the Coach from Chennai to Karur bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.03. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 165 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Chennai to Karur produce?

The Coach from Chennai to Karur produces about 13.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 385 km, which works out at roughly 35 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Chennai to Karur?

Operators on the Coach from Chennai to Karur publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 34m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Chennai to Karur on 23 September 2026: 385 km of route against 336 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €26.03, and 6h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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