Mt Abu Getting there & around

Getting there & away

As you enter Mt Abu there’s a tollgate; bus and car passengers are charged Rs 10, plus Rs 10 for a car (keep change handy).

Local transport

Taxi

A taxi for up to six people into town from Abu Rd train station costs about Rs 250. Some taxi drivers claim that this is only as far as the bus stand and ask an extra fee (as much as Rs 50) to take you to your hotel.

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Land

Bus

From 6am to 9pm buses make the 27km climb from Abu Rd train station up to Mt Abu (Rs 18, one hour, half-hourly). They leave from outside the bus stand, next to the ticket booth.

A direct bus from Mt Abu is usually faster and more convenient than a train from Abu Rd station. RSTC buses (enquiries 235434) go to Jaipur (express/deluxe Rs 250/270, 12 hours, two daily), Udaipur (Rs 92, 4½ hours, six daily), Ahmedabad (Rs 115, 6½ hours), Jodhpur (Rs 140, seven hours, one daily), Ajmer (express/deluxe Rs 195/220, 10 hours, two daily), and Jaisalmer (Rs 227, 11 hours, one daily). Some RSTC buses go all the way to Mt Abu, while others terminate at Abu Rd train station.

Buses belonging to private bus companies leave from the private bus stand, north of the polo ground, and serve similar destinations and cost about the same.

Train

Abu Rd, the railhead for Mt Abu, is on the broad-gauge line between Delhi and Mumbai via Ahmedabad. In Mt Abu, above the Tourist Reception Centre, there’s a railway reservation centre (8am-2pm), which has quotas on most of the express trains.

The Ahmedabad Mail (No 9106) leaves at 1.10pm and reaches Ahmedabad at 5.35pm (2nd class Rs 54, 185km). The Delhi Mail (No 9105) leaves Abu Rd at 2.20pm, arriving in Jaipur (2nd class Rs 104, 440km) at 11.10pm and Delhi at 5.20am (sleeper/3AC/2AC Rs 439/1084/1414, 749km). The Adi Jat (No 9223) to Jodhpur leaves at 3.20pm (2nd class Rs 83, five hours, 269km). For Bhuj and the rest of the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, change trains at Palanpur, 53km south of Abu Rd.

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