How to reach St Thomas Cathedral in Chennai?

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St Thomas Cathedral is a 16th century basilica in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. You can reach Chennai via road, railways, or airways. However, we would not say that travelling to St Thomas Cathedral in Chennai is easy, mainly because of the language gap. In this read, we have used Chennai Airport as the starting point to reach St Thomas Cathedral. Following are the options to reach St Thomas Cathedral-

Reaching St Thomas Cathedral via road

This is the coolest option. It hardly takes 20 minutes to reach St Thomas Cathedral from Chennai Meenambakkam airport. You can easily get cab or taxi, both prepaid and postpaid from the airport.

Reaching St Thomas Cathedral via bus

You need to walk about 250 meters to reach Redhills Bus Terminus, the closest bus depot from the airport. The bus will drop you to Pranaipalai, the closest station from St Thomas Cathedral. You will have to walk again for about 850 meters to reach the cathedral.

Reaching St Thomas Cathedral via train

If you wish to reach St Thomas Cathedral via train, you need to again walk for like 250 meters to reach Tirusulam station. The train will take you to the nearest station to the cathedral- Guindy station. The St Thomas Cathedral is 2 kilometers far from the Guindy station. You can get local transport like rickshaw then. Just to mention, boarding the train could be tedious for the ones who are not familiar with the local transport in Tamil Nadu. And when you can reach the St Thomas Cathedral by road in less than 20 minutes from the airport, booking a cab could be most comfortable.

Folks, if you are not familiar with the Telugu, the regional language of Tamil Nadu, we suggest avoiding using public transport. There are two reasons- one, the telugu script is difficult to understand; and two, the people in Tamil Nadu are not fluent in Hindi.

You can book a taxi or rent a car for the entire day in Chennai and enjoy hassle free travel.

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