Reaching Tirupathi

You can reach Tirupati by air, rail or road.

Train facilities are available to various directions like Bangalore, Bellary, Chennai, Hyderabad/Secunderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Madurai, Mumbai, Varanasi, Vishakapatanam, etc.

Tirupati is connected by road to all the major towns and cities of South India. The distance from nearby cities are as follows

By Railways

* There are some trains that do not touch Tirupati but go via Renigunta or Gudur. In such cases, Renigunta (just 10 km from Tirupati) or Gudur (120 km from Tirupati), are convenient points to alight. From Renigunta as well as Gudur, you can reach Tirupati by train or bus.

Connecting buses are available at the Renigunta Railway Station to Tirumala for passengers arriving by train. Buses start from the railway station every half an hour, from 03.00 hrs to 23.00 hrs every day.

Connecting buses from the Gudur Railway Sation to Tirumala run every day. The bus frequency is almost every half hour and the journey takes about 4 hours.

Note: Railway tickets can be bought directly to Tirumala from any station in India. There are a number of town buses every 15 minutes from the bus station and also from the railway station.

For more information...
[ Indian Railways Website ]

By Road

Note: Direct buses to Tirupati are available from almost all important towns of Andhra Pradesh and also from places like Chennai, Coimbatore, Salem, Bangalore, Chitradurga & Pondicherry in a radius of about 600 Km.

For more information...
[ Travel Agents Directory ]

By Air

Note: Direct flights are available from Chennai and Hyderabad only.

For more information...
[ Indian Airlines Webiste ]

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