Central Bus Station, popularly known as
Central Bus Stand or
Arignar Anna Moffusil Bus Stand is one of the main
bus terminus of
Kumbakonam, a town in
Thanjavur district of
Tamil Nadu, India. The bus terminus is classified as "A" category bus station. The other bus stand is Town bus stand.
The prominent Mahamaham tank is 3 km away from the Central Bus Station. There are two bus stands one for mofussil services and one for town services opposite to moffusil bus stand. In future Kumbakonam need a Integrated bus stand at Chennai bypass road considering the four laning of Thanjavur Kumbakonam Vikravandi NH 36. The present bus stand is well inside the town as it was proposed in 1980s and started to function from 1989.
Services
Around 1,500 Bus trips are start, end or passes through the Bus terminus every day.
Routes
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Destination
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Chennai, Tirupati, Bengaluru, Mysuru (SETC Buses), Vadalur, Panruti, Tindivanam, Ariyalur, Viluppuram, Neyveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Virudhachalam, Cuddalore, Jayankondam, Arani, Anaikarai, Sethiyathope, kallakurichi, Tirupati, Vikravandi, Ulundurpet and Karnataka state buses (KSRTC)
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| 2
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Pondicherry, Mayiladuthurai, Chidambaram, Mannargudi, Pattukkottai, Peravurani, Sirkazhi, Manalmedu, Vaitheeswarankoil, Muthupet, Needamangalam, Poompuhar and Pondicherry state Buses towards Pondicherry (PRTC).
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| 3
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Thanjavur, Trichy, Erode, Salem, Tiruppur, Karur, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Palani, Theni, Pollachi, Kodaikanal, Edappadi, Kumili, Ooty, Oddanchatram, Namakkal, Palladam, Pudukkottai, Madurai, Karaikudi, Ramanathapuram, Cumbum, Periyakulam, Udumalaipettai, Hosur, Rameswaram, Paramakudi, Kamuthi, Tiruchendur, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Sivakasi, Virudhunagar, Rajapalayam, Kovilpatti, Aruppukkottai, Nagercoil, Trivandrum, Sankari, Guruvayur and Kerala state buses (KSRTC)
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| 4
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Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Vedaranyam, Karaikal, Thirunallar, Nannilam, Kudavasal, Velankanni, Thiruthuraipoondi and Pondicherry state Buses towards Karaikal (PRTC)
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Connections
The terminus is about 200 metres (660 ft) away from Kumbakonam Town Bus stand and about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) away from Kumbakonam railway station.
See also