Which is the short route from chennai to cochin?

Question

Which is the short route from chennai to cochin?

Answer 1

Shortest "route" would be by flight.

By train  ---

Train 2623 departs Chennai Central at 19:30 and gets to Ernakulam Town (Kochi) at 06:35.

1A = Rs 2246

2A = Rs 1195

3A = Rs 778

SL = Rs 296

Train 6041 departs Chennai Central at 20:00 and gets to Ernakulam Town at 08:15.

2A = Rs 1165

FC = Rs 838 (recommended)

3A = Rs 748

SL = Rs 276

Prices are different as the first train is a 'superfast' train.

The same trains in the other direction are: -

Train 2624 departs Ernakulam Town at 18:55 and gets to Chennai Central at 07:00.

Train 6042 departs Ernakulam Junction * at 16:20 and gets to Chennai Central at 06:05.

* For some reason train 6042 doesn't stop at Ernakulam Town (it does in the other direction), Ernakulam town and Junction stations are only a couple of kilometres apart.

If you are going to Ernakulam Town station ask the taxi/rickshaw for Ernakulam North, if going to Junction station ask for Ernakulam south.

All trains are daily.

---from  Indiamike

Answer 2

the road routes is as follows .

click on this link to get full route with map and direction how to go. total distance is 694 k.m (via national highway and good roads)

http://in.maps.yahoo.com/#?lat=11.497171...

the other route will be chennai vilipuram salem bhavani coimbatore and palkad thrisur and cochin this route will be 690 k.m without hills as in the first route.

one more route is very short but the road will not be so good in some places but the distance will be 607 k.m only.

chennai tiruvanmalai uthangarai and after crossing uthangarai (after one k.m from uthangarai)towards krishngiri road take a left  road to dharmpuri that road will ends in banglore salem national highway road and take a left  turn and after some 10 k.m on salem banglore national highway towards salem there will a road to your left side which goes towards mettur and from mettur go to bhavani and from there tirupur palladam pollachi to Malaiyandipattanam 12 k.m and from there

Kalliyangpandai 37 k.m and from there

Perumbavoor 63 k.m and from there

Aluva 17 k.m and from there to

Kochi is 21 k.m and you reach kochi.

this is the shortest route