Road
Karur is well connected with rest of India through all modern means of transportation. There are 2 National highways - NH-7 (Varanasi - Kanyakumari), now called NSC ( NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDER road ) Kashmir to Kanyakumari passes through Karur and NH-67 (Nagapattinam - Tanjavur - Trichy - Karur - Coimbatore - Ooty - Gudalur).
Rail
Karur (Station Code - KRR) is the main jn., under new Salem division is connected to the Indian Railways network. Trains from Mysore to Tuticorin, Mangalore to Chennai, Coimbatore to Mayiladuthurai Janshatabdi Express and Mysoreto Mayiladuthurai, Nagercoil to CST Mumbai, Rameswaram to Okha and Tirunelveli to Jammu Tawi via New Delhi, Rohtak, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Pathankot (Chakki Bank) travel via Karur. Karur is also connected by rail to major towns like Trichy, madurai, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Tirupathy, Mumbai.
Air
The nearest airports are in Tiruchirapalli International Airport (78 km), Salem (100 km), Coimbatore International Airport(122 km) and Madurai (135 km).
Sea
The nearest major sea port is at Cochin (280 km), Tuticorin (344 km) and Chennai (332 km)
