Travel to Puducherry

Every way to reach Puducherry: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Puducherry is reachable from 25 places across 1 country by 2 modes, on services run by 3 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 2h 20m door to door. The nearest origin is 97 km away.

Checked 3 October 2026Priced for 3 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Puducherry

Every mode that actually calls at Puducherry, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Coach50€10.072h 20m862 km1
Flight3€41.443h 59m624 km2
  • 25Places you can arrive from
  • 25Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 3Operators

That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Puducherry is not something we sell.

A hotel room

A room in Puducherry for the night the coach gets in

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

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km1223%Kallakurichi, 97 km
200 to 600 km2242%Erode, 238 km
600 to 1,500 km1936%Kākināda, 616 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Puducherry that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
India53100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Puducherry

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Puducherry

Rail
  • Villianur railway station
  • Pondicherry railway station
  • Chinna Babu Samudram railway station
Coach
  • Puducherry New Bus Stand
  • Puducherry Bus Stand (Temporary)
Air
  • PNY

The fare from PNY into Puducherry is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

Getting from PNY into Puducherry

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Puducherry

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Puducherry, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Kallakurichi to Puducherry bus€10.072h 20m97 km
Chennai to Puducherry bus€11.183h 5m137 km
Vellore to Puducherry bus€11.182h 50m133 km
Ambattur to Puducherry bus€11.183h 5m134 km
Tiruchirappalli to Puducherry bus€13.383h 27m175 km
Salem to Puducherry bus€13.933h 44m185 km
Erode to Puducherry bus€17.234h 34m238 km
Bengaluru to Puducherry bus€17.784h 33m269 km
Nellore to Puducherry bus€19.435h 6m280 km
Tirupur to Puducherry bus€19.985h 33m285 km
Coimbatore to Puducherry bus€22.186h 8m329 km
Mysuru to Puducherry bus€23.286h 41m349 km
Kurnool to Puducherry bus€29.888h 41m474 km
Ballari to Puducherry bus€30.438h 10m475 km
Guntur to Puducherry bus€31.538h 46m490 km
Vijayawada to Puducherry bus€33.189h 2m516 km

We cannot promise Villianur railway station still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Puducherry

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular journeys to Puducherry

Common questions about Travel to Puducherry

How can I get to Puducherry?

Puducherry is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 25 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 3 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Puducherry?

The cheapest way into Puducherry is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 25 origins we sell into Puducherry over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Puducherry?

The fastest journey into Puducherry is by coach, at 2h 20m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 97 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Puducherry have?

Puducherry has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Villianur railway station, Pondicherry railway station, Chinna Babu Samudram railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Puducherry from within 200 km?

12 of the routes we sell into Puducherry start within 200 km. The nearest is Kallakurichi, 97 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Puducherry in India?

Puducherry connects to 25 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 862 km away in a straight line. India routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in India

The wider region

The journey is the easy half to plan. The days in Puducherry are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Puducherry and across India

Day trips that leave Puducherry in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.

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