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Thoothukudi is an Industrial City and it has transport connections via road, rail, sea and air. After Chennai, Thoothukudi is the only city in Tamil Nadu to have all four means of transport.

==Roadways==
[[File:2017_four_lane_state_highway_SH_49_Tamil_Nadu_India.jpg|right|thumb|Thoothukudi – Ramanathapuram - Chennai ECR]]
Thoothukudi City is well connected by road. The Major Highways are,

* Thoothukudi– Madurai– Tiruchirappalli– Viluppuram- Vellore ([[National Highway 38 (India)|NH-38]])<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-31|title=NH- 38|url=http://www.morth.nic.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331002823/http://www.morth.nic.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=31 March 2012}}</ref>
* Thoothukudi– Tirunelveli ([[National Highway 138 (India)|NH-138]])
* Thoothukudi– Ramanathapuram- Nagapattinam- Puducherry- Tindivanam- Chengalpattu- Chennai (NH-32)<ref>{{Cite web|title=NH 32|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2017/180664.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Thoothukudi– Palayakayal– Tiruchendur- Kudankulam- Kanyakumari (SH-176)

==Railways==

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[[File:WDM-3D_class_Locomotive_of_Indian_Railway.jpg|right|thumb|Thoothukudi Railway Station]]
[[Thoothukudi railway station]] is one of the oldest<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-map-1893rly.html Railway Map of India – 1893]</ref> railway stations in India and South Indian Railway began a ''Madras – Thoothukudi'' service connecting with the boat to Ceylon in 1899.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: IR History: Early Days - 2 |publisher=Irfca.org |date= |accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> The station was declared as Model Station in 2007<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/29/stories/2007012911750300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601201550/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/29/stories/2007012911750300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 June 2008 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Plan to upgrade railway station in Tuticorin | date=29 January 2007}}</ref> and several infrastructure developments are in process.{{Clarify|reason=are these not finished yet?|date=July 2011}} There is also another station, known as ''Thoothukudi Melur''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-codecs4.html |title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways Station Codes Index |publisher=Irfca.org |date= |accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref>
It Has Suburban Stations Such As
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==Airport==
[[File:Tuticorin_Airport.jpg|right|thumb|Tuticorin Airport]]
[[Tuticorin Airport]] {{airport codes|TCR|VOTK}} is a [[domestic airport]] located {{convert|16.9|km|abbr=on}} from [[Thoothukudi]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] serving the districts of [[Thoothukudi district|Thoothukudi]], [[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]], [[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]] and [[Kanniyakumari district|Kanniyakumari]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/demand-to-modernise-tuticorin-airport/article4744904.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Demand to modernise Tuticorin airport | date=24 May 2013}}</ref> in southern Tamil Nadu. It is located 15.6 km west from the city centre on Thoothukudi-Tirunelveli NH-7A. It was inaugurated by former [[chief minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[J. Jayalalithaa]] on 30 April 1992 and the former [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Civil Aviation]] and [[Ministry of Tourism|Tourism]] [[M. O. H. Farook]] presided with her. The airport was [[ISO 9001:2015]] quality certified on 13 April 2018. It is the fifth busiest airport in Tamil Nadu after [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Coimbatore International Airport|Coimbatore]], [[Tiruchirappalli International Airport|Tiruchirappalli]] and [[Madurai Airport|Madurai]].

[[IndiGo]] are operating 4 flights direct daily to [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]] and 1 flight direct daily to [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]].

The nearest international airport is [[Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]] in [[Kerala]], which is about 198 km by road.

{{Airport destination list
| [[IndiGo]] | [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]]
}}

==Seaport==
[[File:A view of Tuticorin Port.jpg|right|thumb|V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust]]
[[V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust]] is one of the 13 major ports in [[India]]. It was declared to be a major port on 11 July 1974. It is second-largest port in [[Tamil Nadu]] and fourth-largest container terminal in India. This is the third international port in Tamil Nadu and its second all-weather port. was constituted under the '''Major Port Trusts Act, 1963'''. It is an ISO 9001:2008,ISO 14001:2004 and ISPS compliant port. The port is named after [[V. O. Chidambaram Pillai]], the eminent freedom fighter who was well known as ''Kappalottiya Thamizhan'', meaning ''The Tamillian man who rode the ship''.

V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust is the only port in [[South India]] to provide a direct weekly container service to the [[United States]] (transit time 22 days). There are regular weekly direct services to [[Europe]] (transit time 17 days), [[China]] (transit time 10 days) and [[Red Sea Ports Authority|Red Sea Ports]] (transit time 8 days).

A luxury ferry liner, the [[Scotia Prince]], is conducting a ferry service to [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]. Ferry services between the two countries have been revived after more than 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-14/chennai/29656224_1_s-s-gaelia-tuticorin-colombo-passenger-ferry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811113847/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-14/chennai/29656224_1_s-s-gaelia-tuticorin-colombo-passenger-ferry |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-11 |title=Tuticorin-Colombo ferry sets sail |date=2011-06-14 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref>

==Spaceport==
[[File:GSLV-F08_Liftoff_4.jpg|right|thumb]]
The [[Government of India]] is to set up a new Rocket launch pad near [[Kulasekharapatnam|Kulasekaranpattinam]] in [[Thoothukudi district]]. The [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO) has begun work on its second Rocket launching pad or Spaceport, which will be Kulasekaranpattinam, Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Like the Sriharikota spaceport in the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Thoothukudi was selected as a spaceport due to its nearness to the equator.
"A rocket launch site should be on the east coast and near the equator. And Thoothukudi district satisfies that condition", a former ISRO official stated.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-12-06|title=Why Thoothukudi was chosen as ISRO's second spaceport|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-thoothukudi-was-chosen-isro-s-second-spaceport-113331|website=www.thenewsminute.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202190344/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-thoothukudi-was-chosen-isro-s-second-spaceport-113331|archive-date=2 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.thoothukudi.nic.in/ Thoothukudi]
* [https://archive.today/20121219104033/http://thoothukudicorp.tn.gov.in/ Thoothukudi Corporation]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080731210325/http://www.tuticorinport.gov.in/ Tuticorin Port Trust]
* [http://www.vocport.gov.in/ V.O.Chidambaranar Port Trust]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704133341/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/02/stories/2008070257460200.htm Tuticorin: Pearl of the south]
* [http://www.snowschurch.org/thoothukkudi_churches.asp Tuticorin Churches]
* [https://easywaylogistics.net/easyway-logistics-services/transportation-companies-in-tuticorin/ Transport in Thoothukudi]

{{Transport in Tamil Nadu}}
{{Transport in India}}

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[[Category:Thoothukudi]]
[[Category:Transport in Tamil Nadu by city|Thoothukudi]]

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