Aurangabad Transport

How To Reach Aurangabad

Reaching Aurangabad:
Accessible by air, rail and road, Aurangabad is a convenient base for visiting Ajanta, Ellora and nearby places. By air it is directly linked to Delhi & Mumbai. By rail directly linked to Mumbai and Pune. Jalgaon, a railhead on Central Railways, is 59 Kms from Ajanta. By road, via Nasik-Manmad, Mumbai-Aurangabad distance is 388 Kms., while via Pune it is 400 kms. The Delhi-Aurangabad distance by road via historical cities such as Mathura, Agra, Gwalior, and Indore the Ajanta Caves are 1323 Kms. By rail you can reach Jalgaon or Purna in Nanded district and from there reach Aurangabad by road.

Transport:
State transport buses run from Mumbai, Pune, Ahmednagar, Jalgaon, Shirdi, Nasik, Dhule, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Indore and Bijapur to Aurangabad and from Jalgaon to Ajanta.

Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation operates conducted tours from Mumbai to Aurangabad.

For local Transportation taxis, autorickshaws, tongas and buses can be hired. Aurangabad airport is conveniently located, around 10 kms east of the town, and is directly air-linked to Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur and Udaipur.

Aurangabad is well connected to Mumbai and other cities. There are two trains that depart daily from Mumbai. The Tapovan Express leaves Mumbai early morning arriving in Aurangabad by late afternoon, while the Devgiri Express is an overnight train.

There are several luxury and state run bus services that ply between Mumbai and Aurangabad and the Ajanta/Ellora Caves.

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