Tiruchirappalli is well connected by road, rail and air with most cities and towns in India. The National Highways NH 45, NH 45B, NH 67, NH 210 and NH 227 pass through the city. Tiruchirappalli forms a part of the Division no. 1 of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation which is headquartered at Kumbakonam.
The Great Southern of India Railway Company was established in 1853 with its headquarters at Tiruchirappalli. In 1859, the company constructed its first railway line connecting Tiruchirappalli and Nagapattinam. Tiruchirappalli is an important railway junction in central Tamil Nadu and constitutes a separate division of the Southern Railway. There are direct trains to Chennai, Cuddalore, Erode, Karaikudi, Mayiladuthurai, Karaikal, Palakkad, Rameswaram, Thanjavur and Vriddhachalam. Tiruchirappalli has rail connectivity with most important cities and towns in India.
Tiruchirappalli is served by the Tiruchirappalli Airport, which provides both domestic as well as international services. It was first used to handle air traffic in 1938, when Tata Airlines commercial flights stopped at Tiruchirappalli on the Karachi-Colombo route. In 1948, Air Ceylon commenced daily passenger flights between Tiruchirappalli and Colombo via Jaffna. There are regular flights to Chennai, Sri Lanka, and Kuala
