State Express Transport Corporation operates bus service from Shencottah to Pondicherry via Madurai Neyveli Cuddalore and Rajapalayam. The bus service is route numbered as 982 UD.
The service is a hit among the passengers of Shencottah traveling to Pondicherry. There is only one service with SETC traveling to Pondicherry via Thenkasi, Kadaya Nallur, Puliyankudi, Rajapalayam, Madurai, Neyveli, Cuddalore.
The bus service at 4 am in the evening and reaches pondicherry next day morning at 6:30 am. The service takes 513 kilometers to complete the journey by 14 hours and 30 minutes. The passengers are charged Rs. 375 per seat excluding the reservation charges.

Sl. No
|
City
|
Land Mark
|
Dep. Time
|
1
|
SHENCOTTAH
|
SHENCOTTAH
|
16:00
|
2
|
SHENCOTTAH
|
THENKASI
|
16:20
|
3
|
SHENCOTTAH
|
KADAYA NALLUR
|
16:40
|
4
|
SHENCOTTAH
|
PULIYANKUDI
|
17:00
|
5
|
RAJAPALAYAM
|
RAJAPALAYAM
|
18:00
|
6
|
MADURAI
|
MADURAI
|
21:30
|
7
|
NEYVELI
|
NEYVELI
|
02:25
|
8
|
CUDDALORE
|
CUDDALORE
|
02:55
|
9
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
06:30
|
The service can be booked online via visiting www.tnstc.in or visit Computerised SETC booking centre.
does this bus stop at neyveli arch gate or mandharakuppam ?