Transport in Erode

Erode city being the headquarters of Erode district, in Tamil Nadu, India, has an extensive road and rail transport network in all radial directions, as it lies landlocked.

Road Transport

Roads

Erode city is well-connected by roads. Erode can be accessed by three National Highways.

Cochin, bypasses the city via Lakshmi Nagar, Chithode, Nasiyanur and Perundurai.^[1]

NH 544H connects Thoppur on NH-44 with Erode through Mettur and Bhavani.^[2]^[3]
Sankagiri on NH-544.^[4]

Other major arterial roads include:

Sathy – Mettupalayam – Kotagiri – Ooty

SH-83A connects Erode with Arachalur, Kangeyam and Dharapuram
Attur
SH-84 connects Erode with Kodumudi and Karur
SH-96 connects Erode with Perundurai, Chennimalai and Kangeyam
Kokkarayanpettai with Nanjanapuram

Inner Ring Road (MDR-62) connects Thindal with

BP Agraharam

TNSTC Erode Region

The Erode division of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation(TNSTC), Coimbatore Limited, serves the district's road transport needs with a string of local (City bus) and mofussil (Intercity bus service). The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) has a sub-divisional headquarters at Erode falling under the Coimbatore division. Originally called as Jeeva Transport Corporation (JTC), it started functioning from 1 April 1983 with a fleet strength of 317 buses. The corporation with the principal area of operation in the Erode district, parts of Tirupur, Namakkal, Salem and Karur Districts. The fleet strength as on 31 March 2005 was 1,218. During the year 2003–2005, 114 buses were purchased for replacement. After bifurcation and formation of new region based at Tiruppur, the TNSTC Erode Region has a total of770 buses attached with 13 Bus Depots, as of 2021.^[5]

The State Express bus Transport Corporation (SETC) operates express services to various places from Erode.

Bus station

The

City bus

service and Minibus services also.

Additional Bus stations were proposed in the city at

Solar and Periyasemur to reduce the traffic around Central BS (CBD area) of the city. The Solar Bus Terminal is under construction along Karur Road in an area of 24 acres with a facility to park 64 mofussil and 9 city buses. Also there is a plan to construct another Bus terminal near Periyasemur

on Sathy road in an area of 14 acres.

Rail Transport

Hyderabad

) in India. It also serves as the hub for water filling facilities, food provision and toilet cleaning to all long-distance trains that run along the length and breadth of the country via Erode. The station is well connected by buses round the clock. The following are the lines running from Erode junction:

Line No.	Towards	Passing Through Station	Type / Track
1	Salem Junction	Sankari Durg	Broad, Electrified – Double Track
2	Coimbatore Junction	Tiruppur	Broad, Electrified – Double Track
3	Trichy Junction	Karur	Broad, Electrified - Single Track

Two New lines were proposed in the recent past following the original pre-independence revived proposal of Palani-Erode-Mysore link, which dates back to 1915. One is Erode–Palani line and the other is Erode to Chamarajanagar line via Sathyamangalam.

Air Transport

The nearest airport is Coimbatore International Airport located at a distance of 90 km. which has regular flights from/to various domestic destinations like Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Mumbai, Pune and international destinations like Sharjah and Singapore.

Waterways

Before 1950s when there were no or limited bridges were available across River Cauvery to connect Erode with Namakkal district the Inland ferry services are available along river

Natadreeswarar Temple, Karungalpalayam

, and Nerunjipettai. Now most of them has been stopped except the one at Nerunjipattai connecting Poolampatti in Salem district and only a few services are available at other places supporting local tourism.