There is a direct service to new delhi which departs wed 10.20am and arrives at new delhi railway station on fri at 3.30pm - 3142km (1952 miles). There is also a train to trivandrum and ernakulam at 5.45am and 10.20am daily, as well as a train at 5.45am to bombay v.t. Which arrives two days later at 5.15am - 2149km (1335 miles).
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"Irect Connections To Bangalore, Bombay, Madras, New Delhi, Howrah
(Calcutta), Etc, And Naturally Kannyakumari.
Between kannyakumari and kovalam is kolachal beach which is supposed to be worth visiting. The. 567 sq km (219 sq miles) tiger sanctuary at mundanthurai is practically undiscovered.
The closest airport is madurai, 173km away. There is a daily rail service from the bus terminal at mandapam to rameswaram between 3.25am and 11.20pm, and in the opposite direc¬tion between 2am and 10pm - approximately 2.5ors and a 45 minute trip.
From mandapam there are direct services to kannyakumari, nagercoil, madurai and madras. Bus is faster than train.
Cape comorin is the land's end of india. There is nothing between there and antarctica but water. Three bodies of water meet at cape comorin (kannyakumari): the arabian sea, the gulf of bengal and the indian ocean. The sun rises out of the raw sea the whole year round, and in winter sets in the windy and often stormy sea. It is a popular destination with indian tourists and pilgrims, who don't come to see the different coloured sand, but to visit the vivekananda memorial.
There are many lodges and hotels in walking distance of the bus terminal (the railway station is in the suburbs). If you want a room with a view of the cape, then you should go to one of the mostly clean, new, multi-storey hotels which are only a little more expensive than some of the rundown, old lodges, where you will only have a view of someone's backyard. Of course, the rooms with a view of the cape are the ones which fill up first. The 24 hour system operates in kannyakumari, and (he double rooms are very small. Every
