Chennai to Ambur bus

Buses from Chennai to Ambur start at €36.48 and take 7h 42m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Chennai to Ambur starts at €36.48 and takes 7h 42m door to door, run by 2 operators over 484 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 42mDoor to door
  • 5h 59mMoving
  • €38.13 to €96.98From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 16.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€38.13 to €96.98 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

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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 €96.98Thu24
  2. about €94.78Fri25
  3. about €72.23Sat26
  4. about €69.48Sun27
  5. about €61.23Mon28
  6. about €53.53Tue29
  7. about €46.93Wed30
  8. about €48.58Thu1
  9. about €58.48Fri2
  10. about €50.78Sat3
  11. about €57.38Sun4
  12. about €47.48Mon5
  13. about €38.13Tue6
  14. about €40.88Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€36.48
  1. Apsrtc A874207:304h 45m12:15Bus StopSALEM TOWN BUS STAND
  2. Southern Railway SR157213:141h 14m14:28Salem JunctionAmbur railway station

Changes at Salem, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 42mCO2 16.3 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 outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
Southern Railway140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Ambur for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Ambur 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 Ambur

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

  1. €36.4890 days
  2. €37.1860 days
  3. €34.8345 days
  4. €37.0330 days
  5. €39.2321 days
  6. €40.8814 days
  7. €46.937 days
  8. €63.043 days
  9. €86.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €34.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 147 percent. The most expensive point is €86.14, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €57.38Sun
  2. €43.78Mon
  3. €38.13Tue
  4. €40.88Wed
  5. €48.58Thu
  6. €51.49Fri
  7. €50.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Chennai

Bus
  • Bus Stop
  • Taramani

Ambur

Bus
  • Ambur
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 484 km against 172 km in a straight line, a detour of 139 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bengaluru, Hosūr, Salem, Robertsonpet. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train4h 20m2h 32m1h 48m€42.1312.8 kg3
Coach7h 42m5h 59m1h 43m€36.4816.3 kg1

Questions about Chennai to Ambur

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Ambur take?

The Coach from Chennai to Ambur takes 7h 42m door to door, of which 5h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 484 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 Ambur cost?

The Coach from Chennai to Ambur starts at €36.48 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €36.48. 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 Ambur?

2 operators run the Coach from Chennai to Ambur: Apsrtc, Southern Railway. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Ambur use?

The Coach from Chennai to Ambur leaves from Bus Stop and arrives at Ambur 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.

Is the Coach the best way from Chennai to Ambur?

Traveling from Chennai to Ambur by Train costs €42.13 and takes 4h 20m door to door, against 7h 42m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Chennai to Ambur?

Fares for the Coach from Chennai to Ambur bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €34.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 147 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Chennai to Ambur produces about 16.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 484 km, which works out at roughly 34 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

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

Operators on the Coach from Chennai to Ambur publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 42m 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 labeled 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 Ambur on September 23, 2026: 484 km of route against 172 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €36.48, and 7h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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