Mumbai- City of contrast: Travel- Roads, Buses, Train, Flights

For internal travel in India- Mumbai to other cities.

Indian Highways are built as India Quadrilateral 6 lane highway project connecting four corners of India, which connects to Mumbai in west. Kashmir to Bottom end city of India Kanya Kumari has same distance as from Glasgow to Istanbul (2,500 miles, 3,800km). There are 27 states each promoting local Tourism. Roads from Mumbai...

Mumbai- Ahmedabad- Jaipur- Delhi NH8, (North)

Mumbai- Indore- Bhopal- NH3 (North East)

Mumbai- Pune- Bangalore, Chennai NH4 (South East)

Mumbai- Goa- Mangalore- Kochi NH17 (South)

Buses- There are many bus companies operating on various routes but it takes too long to travel by bus as most big cities are over 750km from Mumbai. Goa distance is 630km which can be reached also by NH17 which is scenic but it is two lane road so NH4 via Pune (165km) is better option. Private bus companies run luxury buses to many cities from Mumbai. Tickets can be booked on Red bus, Abhi bus, Travel yari, ebusticket, Clear trip, Make my trip as well as from private bus operators direct Neeta bus, VRL, etc.

Car Hire: Travel Supermarket, Easy Rent Cars, Skyscanner, Europe car, Rental Cars, Hertz, Avis, Airport rentals,
Self drive in Mumbai- Selfdrive, Zoomcar,
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Indian Railways has big net works connecting all major cities. Historical Golden Traingle (Delhi, Agra (Taj Mahal), Jaipur) or Hill Stations in Himalays in North India (Srinagar, Leh in Ladhak, Shimla, Kulu, Manali, Nainital, Mussoorie, Dargeeling in East or Munnar in Kerala can be visited by Train. First class return fare for 16 hours journey (Mumbai- Delhi by Rajdhani express) would be £50 for AC 2 Tier and £100 for AC First Class. There are 24 trains between Mumbai – Delhi. Trains also go to Goa and beaches of Kerala and other cities as Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata etc. Tourist with overseas passports can book tickets from special quota reserved by Indian Railways. At main stations there is special counter for tourist and last minute booking can be made for inter city travel.

Indian Railways e-ticketing where real time tracking of train moments can be checked.

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Internal Flights- India is well served by domestic flights and there are many flights even for same destination all day. Flying is best option as distance of over 1000 km is 2 hours flight. So Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi and many other cities can be reached in around 2 hours.

From Mumbai there are many flights every day to various cities in India by Jet Airways,
Jet Konnect, Spicejet, Indigo, Goair, Air India, Air India Express etc. Many flights operate to Delhi (65 flights), Banglore (15 flights), Hyderabad (20 flights), Goa (18 flights), Kolkata (20 flights) etc. Tickets can be booked online with airlines or through travel portals Make my trip, Clear trip, Yatra, Skyscanner, India flights, Goibibo, etc.

Internal direct flights from Mumbai- Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bhavnagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Bhuj, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Diu, Goa, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mangalore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, Vadodara,
Varanasi,

Overseas direct flights from Mumbai- Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Aden, Amsterdam, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Cairo, Chengdu (China), Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka
Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, New York, Paris, Riyadh, Sana, Seoul, Sharjah, Singapore, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Zurich, Mauritius, İstanbul

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Tourism- India and overseas holidays

Internal and International tourism is on growth and there are many Tour operators in City who regularly advertise package holidays. Cox and kings, Sotc,
Thomas cook, Cosmos, Travel Guru, Kesari, Overseas travel, Flight shop and many more smaller travel agents.

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Mobile Applications

There are various mobile Application used by many to check train, bus, taxi service, m-indicator is most popular application. Smart cards are used to swipe & purchase tickets on local train stations. Also www.traffline.com also mobile app.

Transport: Transport app for phone, Transport page link
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