Puducherry to Madurai bus

Buses from Puducherry to Madurai start at €24.93 and take 5h 30m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Puducherry to Madurai starts at €24.93 and takes 5h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 293 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

  • 5h 30mDoor to door
  • 3h 41mMoving
  • €26.58 to €73.33From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 9.8 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.

€26.58 to €73.33 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 €73.33Thu24
  2. about €63.43Fri25
  3. about €57.38Sat26
  4. about €46.93Sun27
  5. about €40.33Mon28
  6. about €36.48Tue29
  7. about €37.58Wed30
  8. about €32.63Thu1
  9. about €39.23Fri2
  10. about €34.28Sat3
  11. about €38.68Sun4
  12. about €31.53Mon5
  13. about €26.58Tue6
  14. about €32.63Wed7

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€24.93
  1. Apsrtc A574707:302h 42m10:12Puducherry New Bus Standbus stop
  2. Southern Railway SR210611:1759m12:16Tiruchirappalli Fort railway stationMadurai East railway station

Changes at Tiruchirappalli, with 65 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 30mCO2 9.8 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
Southern Railway140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Madurai for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Madurai East 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 Puducherry to Madurai

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

  1. €24.9390 days
  2. €25.4860 days
  3. €23.2845 days
  4. €25.4830 days
  5. €26.0321 days
  6. €32.6314 days
  7. €37.587 days
  8. €57.383 days
  9. €73.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 215 percent. The most expensive point is €73.33, 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. €38.68Sun
  2. €31.53Mon
  3. €26.58Tue
  4. €32.63Wed
  5. €32.63Thu
  6. €39.23Fri
  7. €34.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Puducherry

Bus
  • Puducherry New Bus Stand
  • Puducherry Bus Stand (Temporary)

Madurai

Bus
  • Periyar Bus Stand , Madurai
  • Omni 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 293 km against 292 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Tiruchirappalli. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Puducherry 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 Puducherry to Madurai

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 Puducherry to Madurai take?

The Coach from Puducherry to Madurai takes 5h 30m door to door, of which 3h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 293 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 Puducherry to Madurai cost?

The Coach from Puducherry to Madurai starts at €24.93 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €24.93. 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 Puducherry to Madurai?

2 operators run the Coach from Puducherry to Madurai: 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 Puducherry to Madurai use?

The Coach from Puducherry to Madurai leaves from Puducherry New Bus Stand and arrives at Madurai East 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 Puducherry to Madurai?

Fares for the Coach from Puducherry to Madurai bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 215 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Puducherry to Madurai produce?

The Coach from Puducherry to Madurai produces about 9.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 293 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 Puducherry to Madurai?

Operators on the Coach from Puducherry to Madurai publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 30m 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 Puducherry to Madurai on September 23, 2026: 293 km of route against 292 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €24.93, and 5h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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