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

Schematic representation of Road network in the city of Erode

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

Busiest Arterial Road of the city – Brough Road
A road in Erode

Other major arterial roads include:

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 Silver Jubilee Central Bus Station in Erode is the major transport hub of Erode. A large network of interstate and intercity bus services ply from here to various destinations. There is a good co-existence of both private and public transport networks in the city round the clock. It is an integrated bus station serving for City bus service and Minibus services also. Additional Bus station is proposed for construction in the city at Solar near Outer Ring Road to reduce the traffic around Central BS and in the city. Also there is a plan to construct another Bus terminal near Chithode, off NH-544 bypass.

Rail Transport

Erode Junction Railway Station

Erode Junction railway station has a road junction nearby viz., Bull-fight Circle. There is a diesel locomotive shed and an electric locomotive shed at Erode Junction and is one of the most important railway stations under Southern Railway with connections all over India. Erode Junction has the distinction of being the third cleanest railway junction in India, after Habibganj (Bhopal) and Secunderabad Railway Station (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 Kaveri at places like Lakkapuram, 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.

References

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  1. ↑ Urban Infrastructure Report 2006, pp. 44-45
  2. ↑ "State-wise details of National Highways". New Delhi: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "State-wise length of National Highways as on 30.07.2017". New Delhi: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Gazette of India : Extraordinary, MORTH" (PDF). Govt of India. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. ↑ [v "70% TNSTC buses operated in Erode district"]. Erode: The Hindu. Retrieved 25 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
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