Raipur Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

There are frequent buses to Jagdalpur (Rs 200, seven hours). Various firms run interstate to Jabalpur (Rs 150 to 165, 12 to 14 hours, 8pm and 9.30pm), Nagpur (Rs 180, seven hours, 7am and 10pm), Sambalpur (Rs 150, nine hours, 7.15pm and 9.30pm), Bhubaneswar, Puri and Cuttack (all Rs 350, 12 hours, 7.15pm).

Train

Train 8237 Chhattisgarh Express goes to Delhi (Rs 555/1410/1886, 28½ hours, 4.15pm), No 2859 Gitanjali Express travels to Howrah (Rs 478/1167/1520, 13 hours, 11.55pm) and No 8404/8406 Ahmedabad–Puri Express goes to Puri (Rs 466/1160/1524, 17¼ hours, 4.45pm Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday).

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Air

Indian Airlines (2583072; Jeewan Beema Bhawan; 9.30am-5.30pm Mon-Sat) flies daily to Chennai (US$190, 1.40pm) via Visakhapatnam (US$120); Delhi (US$260, 8.55pm); Mumbai (US$240, 12.35pm) via Bhubaneswar (US$140); and on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Nagpur (US$110, 8.05am) and on to Delhi.

Jet Airways (2418613; 9.30am-5.30pm), at the airport, flies daily to Mumbai ($220, 12.05pm). Air Deccan (2418755; 6am-3pm), also at the airport, has daily budget flights to Delhi (9.35am or 11.30am); Kolkata (Calcutta) via Ranchi (9am), Mumbai (10.30am); and on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Bhubaneswar (9.35am).

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