Lucknow Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

From Charbagh bus stand (2450988; Kanpur Rd), near the train stations, frequent buses leave for Faizabad (Rs 80, three hours), Gorakhpur (Rs 150, 8½ hours) and Allahabad (non-AC/AC Rs 109/146, five hours). Several buses run each day to Varanasi (non-AC/AC Rs 160/256, 8½ hours) and Agra (Rs 197, 10 hours).

From Kaiserbagh bus stand (2222503; J Narain Rd) buses run to Delhi (Rs 255, 13 hours), as well as to Faizabad and Gorakhpur.

Train

The two main stations, Charbagh (2635841; Kanpur Rd) and Lucknow Junction (2635877), are side by side; Northern Railway trains run to both stations, while Northeastern Railway trains run only to the latter. Essentially, Charbagh handles all trains travelling between Delhi and Kolkata, while Lucknow Junction handles many of the trains heading to the cities in the south.

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Air

Amausi airport is 15km southwest of Lucknow. Indian Airlines (2220927; Hotel Clarks Avadh, 8 MG Rd; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-2pm Sat) operates daily flights to Delhi (US$88) and Mumbai (US$196).

Air Sahara (377675; www.airsahara.net; Sahara India Tower, Aliganj) has discount daily flights to Delhi and Mumbai.

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