Cheapest€13.38
- Apsrtc A711206:463h 5m09:51SALEM TOWN BUS STANDPuducherry New Bus Stand
Door to door 3h 49mCO2 5.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Salem to Puducherry bus
Buses from Salem to Puducherry start at €16.13 and take 3h 49m at their fastest.
The Buses from Salem to Puducherry starts at €16.13 and takes 3h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 213 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 49mDoor to door
- 3h 5mMoving
- €16.13From
- 5.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apsrtc | €13.38 | 3h 34m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Puducherry is not something we sell.
A room in Puducherry for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Salem to Puducherry
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.0390 days
- €11.7360 days
- €12.2845 days
- €16.1330 days
- €16.6621 days
- €19.4314 days
- €24.937 days
- €28.783 days
- €29.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 155 percent. The most expensive point is €29.88, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €20.53Sun
- €16.67Mon
- €16.13Tue
- €16.13Wed
- €19.43Thu
- €17.78Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Salem
Bus
- SALEM TOWN BUS STAND
- Dr. MGR Central Bus Stand - Salem
Puducherry
Bus
- Puducherry New Bus Stand
- Puducherry Bus Stand (Temporary)
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 213 km against 185 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Tiruchirappalli, Erode, Kallakurichi, Vellore. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Salem at 06:46 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Salem to Puducherry
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 Salem to Puducherry take?
The Coach from Salem to Puducherry takes 3h 49m door to door, of which 3h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 213 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 Salem to Puducherry cost?
The Coach from Salem to Puducherry starts at €16.13 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €16.66. 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 Salem to Puducherry?
1 operators run the Coach from Salem to Puducherry: Apsrtc. Between them they file around 3 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 Salem to Puducherry use?
The Coach from Salem to Puducherry leaves from SALEM TOWN BUS STAND and arrives at Puducherry New Bus Stand. 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 Salem to Puducherry?
Fares for the Coach from Salem to Puducherry bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Salem to Puducherry produce?
The Coach from Salem to Puducherry produces about 5.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 213 km, which works out at roughly 27 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 Salem to Puducherry?
Operators on the Coach from Salem to Puducherry publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 49m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Salem to Puducherry on September 10, 2026: 213 km of route against 185 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.13, and 3h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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