AIR
Chennai is directly linked by Indian Airlines to Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Goa, Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Calcutta, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Port Blair Madurai, Pune, Tirupati, Tiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Puttaparthy, Vishakapatnam and to Colombo, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore. East-West Airlines also connects it with Mumbai.

RAIL
Chennai is connected by rail with Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Calcutta, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kodai Road, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Ooty, (via Mettupalayam), Rameshwaram, Trichy, Tirupati, Thiruvananthapuram and Varanasi.

ROAD
Chennai is connected by road with all the major towns in India.  Some of the road-distances from Chennai are Mumbai 1329 kms, Bangalore 334 kms, Hyderabad 669 kms, Kanniyakumari 693 kms, Madurai 461 kms, Mahabalipuram 60 kms, Pondicherry 162 kms, Rameshwaram 619 kms, Kanchipuram 71 kms, Tirupati 143 kms, Ooty 535 kms, Kodaikanal 498 kms, Thiruvananthapuram 709 kms and Thanjavur 334 kms.

External Transport
Regular buses available from Chennai to Bangalore, Cochin, Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Madurai, Nagapattinam (Velankanni), Ooty, Pondicherry, Rameshwaram, Thanjavur, Tirupati, Trichy and Thiruvananthapuram.