Arakkonam is famous mid-sized town of Tamil Nadu.This town is situated in the Vellore District which is about 69 kilometers from the state capital of Chennai.It is the third largest railway junction in Vellore district and mostly all trains stop at this junction. The town has the biggest workshops for southern railway which is known as the Engineering Workshop (EWS)] and the Electric Loco Shed (ELS). Arakkonam Joint Junction (AJJ) is famous as one of the oldest junctions in the country that links major cities such as Mumbai, Goa, Vijayawada, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Tirupati, Mangalore and Thiruvananthapuram.
BY FLIGHT
Instead of Arakkonam you can a get flight to Chennai Airport on regular basis.Aarakkonam
60 km away chennai airport (MAA), chennai, Tamil nadu
Arakkonam 73 km away tirupati airport (TIR), Tirupati, Andhra pradesh
BY TRAIN
There are regular trains from other major cities of the country to Arakkonam.
Railway Station(s): Arakkonam junction (AJJ)
BY ROAD
Regular bus services are available from all important cities of Tamil Nadu