Allahabad Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

From the Civil Lines bus stand (2601257; MG Marg) regular buses run to Varanasi (non-AC/AC Rs 68/91, three hours), Lucknow (non-AC/AC Rs 109/146, five hours), Faizabad (Rs 105, five hours, hourly) and Gorakhpur (Rs 152, 9½ hours), and two buses run to Sunauli (Rs 202, 13 hours) if you’re heading to Nepal.

From the Leader Road bus stand (2615625; Leader Rd), frequent buses leave for Delhi (Rs 300, 12 hours), and an 8.30pm bus goes to Agra (Rs 240, 12 hours).

Train

Allahabad Junction (2600179) is the main station. Trains run to Varanasi (sleeper/3AC Rs 101/226, three hours), Lucknow (2nd class/chair Rs 64/223, five hours), Delhi (sleeper/3AC/2AC Rs 241/680/975, 10 hours) and Kolkata (sleeper/3AC/2AC Rs 283/800/1148, 13 hours).

Frequent trains run to Satna (sleeper/3AC Rs 101/266, three hours) from where buses run to Khajuraho.

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Air

Bamrauli airport, 15km west of Allahabad on the road to Kanpur, is only used by Air Sahara (2260533; Hotel Yatrik, 33 Sardar Patel Marg), which has flights on Monday, Wednesday and Friday to Delhi (US$197). An autorickshaw to the airport costs around Rs 170, a taxi Rs 350.

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