Getting there & away
Land
Bus
The main MSRTC bus stand (2726221) is 2km south of the train station and hotel area. Buses head regularly for Wardha (Rs 40, two hours) and Ramtek (Rs 24, 1½ hours). Two buses roar off daily to Jalgaon (semideluxe/deluxe Rs 300/350, 10 hours), and a semideluxe bus to Hyderabad (Rs 350, 12 hours) leaves at 6pm.
Train
Nagpur Junction train station (131), on the Mumbai–Howrah line, is an impressive edifice in the centre of town. The overnight Vidarbha Express originates in Nagpur and departs for Mumbai CST (sleeper/2AC Rs 288/1165, 14 hours) at 6.10pm. The same train departs Mumbai at 7.40pm for Nagpur. Heading north to Kolkata the Mumbai Howrah Mail departs from Nagpur at 11.05am and arrives at Howrah at 5.50am (sleeper/2AC Rs 345/1398, 1138km). Five Mumbai-bound expresses stop at Jalgaon (for Ajanta caves; sleeper/2AC Rs 170/691, seven hours). There are also connections between Nagar and Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad.
Air
Indian Airlines (2533962) has flights to Hyderabad (US$75, one hour, twice weekly), Mumbai (US$93, 1¼ hours, twice daily), Delhi (US$108, 1½ hours, daily) and Kolkata (US$93, 1½ hours, three weekly). Jet Airways (5617888) has flights to Mumbai (US$126, twice daily). Air Deccan has cheap daily flights to Mumbai and Hyderabad. Kingfisher hooks Nagpur up with Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai (Madras), Hyderabad and Pune, and IndiGo zooms to Mumbai and Kolkata. Taxis/autorickshaws from the airport to the city centre cost Rs 300/150.
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