Parking Yes Passengers 50,000 / Per day Platforms in use 6 | Bicycle facilities Yes Opened 1979 | |
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Address Venis St, Melachinthamani, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620002 Owner Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation Similar Central Bus Station - Ti, Tiruchirapalli Rock Fort, Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Ponmalai (Golden Rock) rail, Kallanai Dam | ||
Chatram Bus Station, Tiruchirappalli, also popularly known Chathiram Bus Stand or Main Guard Gate Bus Stand, is one of the bus termini of Trichy, other being the Central Bus Stand. It is located near Chintamani, adjacent to St. Joseph's College.
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Overview
This ‘D’–graded terminus, taking its name from the nearby Chinnaiya Pillai Chatram, became functional since 1979 and officially recognised in 2005. The terminus is managed by Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu), mostly operating TNSTC's transit buses and minibuses to northern, eastern and western parts of tiruchirapalli district.
Services
The terminus also handles mofussil intercity bus services, express buses, highway buses and sleeper buses at scheduled hours as it serves as boarding point for north and west – bound buses belonging SETC, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and private operators to destinations like Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
On the left side of the terminus services for Srirangam were operated, and on the western side for Karur, Erode, Thuraiyur and Coimbatore and for Cuddalore, Perambalur, Neyveli, Chidambaram, Ariyalur and Musiri on the northern side (near Ramba Theatre complex).
Connections
The terminus is connected to Tiruchirappalli Fort railway station, which is about 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) towards south–west and Tiruchirappalli Town railway station, about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) south–east.
In popular culture
The terminus prominently featured in Tamil Film, Sathiram Perundhu Nilayam (2013).