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{{Short description|Bus station in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
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| name = Kumbakonam Central Bus Station / Arignar Anna Moffusil Bus Station
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| address = John Selvaraj Nagar,<br>[[Kumbakonam]], [[Thanjavur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<br>[[Postal Index Number|PIN]]{{snd}}612001.
| country = [[India]]
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| platform = 4 (60 bays)
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| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
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| opened = {{Start date and age|1992|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
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| code = KUM ([[State Express Transport Corporation|SETC]])<br>KUM ([[Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]])
<br>KUM ([[Pondicherry Road Transport Corporation ( Pondicherry)|PRTC]])
| owned = Kumbakonam Municipal corporation
| operator = [[Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu)]]
| zone = [[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation|TNSTC Kumbakonam Division]] 454/TAJ
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| passengers = 50,000 per day
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| services = 2,500 Bus trips/day
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'''Central Bus Station''', popularly known as '''Central Bus Stand''' or '''Arignar Anna Moffusil Bus Stand''' is one of the main [[bus terminus]] of [[Kumbakonam]], a town in [[Thanjavur district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], India. The bus terminus is classified as "A" category bus station. The other bus stand is Town bus stand.

The prominent Mahamaham tank is 3 km away from the Central Bus Station. There are two bus stands one for mofussil services and one for town services opposite to moffusil bus stand. In future Kumbakonam need a Integrated bus stand at Chennai bypass road considering the four laning of Thanjavur Kumbakonam Vikravandi NH 36. The present bus stand is well inside the town as it was proposed in 1980s and started to function from 1989.

==Services==

Around 1,500 Bus trips are start, end or passes through the Bus terminus every day.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

==Routes==

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!Platform!!Destination
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!1
|[[Chennai]], [[Tirupati]], [[Bengaluru]], [[Mysuru]] (SETC Buses), [[Vadalur]], [[Panruti]], [[Tindivanam]], [[Ariyalur]], [[Viluppuram]], [[Neyveli]], [[Tiruvannamalai]], [[Vellore]], [[Virudhachalam]], [[Cuddalore]], [[Jayankondam]], [[Arani, Tiruvannamalai|Arani]], [[Anaikarai]], [[Sethiyathope]], [[kallakurichi]], [[Tirupati]], [[Vikravandi]], [[Ulundurpet]] and Karnataka state buses (KSRTC)
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!2
|[[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]], [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Chidambaram]], [[Mannargudi]], [[Pattukkottai]], [[Peravurani]], [[Sirkazhi]], [[Manalmedu]], [[Vaitheeswarankoil]], [[Muthupet]], [[Needamangalam]], [[Poompuhar]] and Pondicherry state Buses towards Pondicherry (PRTC).
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!3
|[[Thanjavur]], [[Trichy]], [[Erode]], [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], [[Tiruppur]], [[Karur]], [[Coimbatore]], [[Dindigul]], [[Palani]], [[Theni]], [[Pollachi]], [[Kodaikanal]], [[Edappadi]], [[Kumili]], [[Ooty]], [[Oddanchatram]], [[Namakkal]], [[Palladam]], [[Pudukkottai]], [[Madurai]], [[Karaikudi]], [[Ramanathapuram]], [[Cumbum, Tamil Nadu|Cumbum]], [[Periyakulam]], [[Udumalaipettai]], [[Hosur]], [[Rameswaram]], [[Paramakudi]], [[Kamuthi]], [[Tiruchendur]], [[Tuticorin]], [[Tirunelveli]], [[Tenkasi]], [[Sivakasi]], [[Virudhunagar]], [[Rajapalayam]], [[Kovilpatti]], [[Aruppukkottai]], [[Nagercoil]], [[Trivandrum]], [[Sankari]], [[Guruvayur]] and Kerala state buses (KSRTC)
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!4
|[[Thiruvarur]], [[Nagapattinam]], [[Vedaranyam]], [[Karaikal]], [[Thirunallar]], [[Nannilam]], [[Kudavasal]], [[Velankanni]], [[Thiruthuraipoondi]] and Pondicherry state Buses towards Karaikal (PRTC)
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==Connections==
The terminus is about {{Convert|200|m||abbr=}} away from Kumbakonam Town Bus stand and about {{Convert|1000|m||abbr=}} away from [[Kumbakonam railway station]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://distancebetween2.com/kumbakonam_railway_station/kumbakonam_bus_stand|title=Distance between Kumbakonam Railway Station and Kumbakonam Bus Stand is 0 KM / 0.4 miles|website=distancebetween2.com|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Kumbakonam railway station]]
* [[Transport in Thanjavur]]
* [[Transport in Tamil Nadu]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bus stations in Tamil Nadu]]

Central Bus Station Kumbakonam - Revision history

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