Accessing Alappuzha

Accessing Alappuzha

Air

The nearest airport is Cochin, 64 kms to the North. Trivandrum International airport is 159 kms to the south

Road

Alappuzha is on the NH 47 highway and is connected to all important towns in South India.
 

Bus Timings

Bangalore 14.00 (17 hrs)

Coimbatore 06.15 (7 hrs)

Cochin Frequent buses (1½ hrs)

Trivandrum Frequent buses ( 3½ hrs)

Quilon Buses going to Trivandrum passes through Quilon (2 hrs)

There are also buses to Kottayam, Trichur, Palghat and Calicut.

Rail

Alappuzha is linked by rail to cities like Cochin, Madras, Howrah, Bangalore and Bokaro.The railway station is situated 5 kms away from the bus station and ferry station.( Enquiry Phone : 253965, 253865)

Train Timings

Ernakulam 06.00, 07.35, 09.40, 14.30, 15.00, 15.45, 18.05, 19.15

Guruvayoor 12 midnight

Kannur 15.45 (Daily except Wed. & Sat)

Madras 15.00

Trivandrum 00.40, 07.25.
 

Alappuzha is linked by boat service through the backwaters to Quilon, Changanassery, Kottayam, Cochin, Kumarakom, Kovalam and Chengannur.

Ferry Services

The ferry station (Ph : 0477 - 252015) and bus station are close to each other. The ferry boats from Alleppey passes through scenic backwaters.

Ferry Timings

Kottayam : 07.30, 10.00, 11.30, 14.30, 17.30 ( 3hrs)
Changanassery : 10.00, 13.45, 17.30
(3 hrs)
Nedumudy : Frequent ( 1 hr)
Quilon : At present there is no public ferry.

Distances to important places (km)

Bangalore
629
Madras
738
Guruvayoor
173
Munnar
192
Kannur
380
Ooty
376
Kanyakumari
247
 
Kottayam
50
Kozhikode
287
Thrissur
144
Thekkady
164
Kollam
87
Trivandrum
159
Cochin
64