Thanjavur Junction Railway Station is one of the main stations in
Tamil Nadu. It is on the
Chennai-
Tiruchirapalli metre gauge rail route. Regular train services are operated to cities such as Tiruchirapalli,
Madurai,
Nagore and Chennai.
Cholan Express, Madurai-Thirupathi Express, Rameshwaram-Chennai Express and Thanjavur-Chennai Passenger are a few that halts at the station. The major railheads close to the station are Pudukkottai in the south (57 km) and
Nagapattinam in the east (79 km.)
Hotel Sangam, Hotel Oriental Towers (near railway station) and Hotel Parisutham (1 km) offer lodging facilities. A few minutes walk from the station is the bus station. Frequent bus services to main cities such as Madurai, Chennai and Kanyakumari are available. Tourist taxis are extensively available to travel around the local places in Thanjavur. The airport close to Thanjavur is
Tiruchirapalli Airport (55 km.)