Bikaner Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The bus stand is 3km north of the centre, almost opposite the road leading to Lalgarh Palace. If your bus is coming from the south, ask the driver to let you out closer to the centre. There are express buses to various places, including Udaipur (Rs 242, 12 hours, 6.30pm), Ajmer (Rs 127, seven hours, 15 daily), Jaipur (via Fatehpur and Sikar; Rs 135, seven hours, 15 daily), Jodhpur (Rs 119, 5½ hours, 15 daily) and Jaisalmer (Rs 130, eight hours, three daily), Agra (Rs 227, 12 hours, 5am). There are also buses to Delhi (ordinary/express Rs 190/207, 11/10 hours, six daily), some of which run via Jhunjhunu (Rs 77, five hours, three daily).

Private buses make their way to Jaipur (express/sleeper Rs 100/150), Jodhpur (express/sleeper Rs 100/120), Udaipur (express/sleeper Rs 210/250), Mt Abu (express/sleeper Rs 260/280), Delhi (express/sleeper Rs 170/200), Agra (express/sleeper Rs 200/250) and Ajmer (express Rs 150).

Train

For a train to Jaipur there’s the Bikaner Howrah Superfast, leaving at 3.55pm (sleeper/3AC Rs 201/510, seven hours, 175km) or the Jaipur–Bikaner Express (Nos 4737/8), departing at 9.45pm (sleeper/2AC Rs 158/731, 10¼ hours). The Ranakpur Express (No 4707) leaves for Jodhpur at 9.45am (sleeper Rs 148, five hours, 569km). To Delhi, the Bikaner Mail (No 4792) leaves at 7.50pm and arrives in the capital at 6am (sleeper/2AC Rs 200/827, 449km).

A train line to Jaisalmer is scheduled to open any day now.

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