Chennai to Namakkal bus

Buses from Chennai to Namakkal start at €27.12 and take 7h 21m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Chennai to Namakkal starts at €27.12 and takes 7h 21m door to door, run by 2 operators over 377 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 21mDoor to door
  • 5h 21mMoving
  • €27.12 to €61.78From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 12.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€27.12 to €61.78 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 €61.78Thu24
  2. about €53.53Fri25
  3. about €50.23Sat26
  4. about €39.23Sun27
  5. about €38.68Mon28
  6. about €35.93Tue29
  7. about €35.93Wed30
  8. about €34.28Thu1
  9. about €34.82Fri2
  10. about €32.62Sat3
  11. about €34.82Sun4
  12. about €34.82Mon5
  13. about €27.12Tue6
  14. about €29.32Wed7

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 6, 2026

Cheapest€27.12
  1. Apsrtc A143507:304h 50m12:20Bus StopSALEM TOWN BUS STAND
  2. SR SR658513:3631m14:07Salem JunctionNamakkal railway station

Changes at Salem, with 76 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 21mCO2 12.8 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
SR140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Namakkal for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Namakkal 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 Namakkal

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

  1. €28.2290 days
  2. €28.7760 days
  3. €27.6745 days
  4. €26.5730 days
  5. €30.4221 days
  6. €29.3214 days
  7. €35.937 days
  8. €50.233 days
  9. €61.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.57.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €61.78, 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. €34.82Sun
  2. €34.82Mon
  3. €28.22Tue
  4. €30.42Wed
  5. €34.28Thu
  6. €34.82Fri
  7. €32.62Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Chennai

Bus
  • Bus Stop
  • Taramani

Nāmakkal

Bus
  • Namakkal New Bus Stand
  • Namakkal Bus Stand
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 377 km against 310 km in a straight line, a detour of 22 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Salem. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.

Questions about Chennai to Namakkal

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 Namakkal take?

The Coach from Chennai to Namakkal takes 7h 21m door to door, of which 5h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 377 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 Namakkal cost?

The Coach from Chennai to Namakkal starts at €27.12 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €27.12. 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 Namakkal?

2 operators run the Coach from Chennai to Namakkal: Apsrtc, SR. 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 Namakkal use?

The Coach from Chennai to Namakkal leaves from Bus Stop and arrives at Namakkal 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 Namakkal?

Fares for the Coach from Chennai to Namakkal bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.57. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Chennai to Namakkal produces about 12.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 377 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 Namakkal?

Operators on the Coach from Chennai to Namakkal publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 21m 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 Namakkal on September 23, 2026: 377 km of route against 310 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €27.12, and 7h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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