Travel information in Ayodhya

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Ayodhya is located just 6 km from the city of Faizabad, so getting to Faizabad is the same as Ayodhya. It is usually more convenient to travel to Faizabad and from there go to Ayodhya. Ayodhya is on your way to Nepal from Varanasi or Allahabad.


Air
The closest airports are in Lucknow (135 km) and Varanasi (190 km).

Train
Faizabad is three hours fom both Varanasi and Lucknow by train on a broad gauge railway line. From Faizabad trains depart to Lucknow, Haridwar, Varanasi, Calcutta, Gaya, Delhi, Ujjain and Ahmedabad.
From Ayodhya to Varanasi two trains are available- the Farakka Exp and the Saryu Yamuna Exp. There is a local train between Faizabad and Ayodhya.

Bus
From Faizabad there are many buses to Lucknow (3 hr), AIlahabad (5 hr) and Gorakhpur (3 hr). There is an early morning direct bus to Sunauli, for Nepal, f'orm the Faizabad bus station. The bus station in Faizabad is located a few km from the downtown and about 8 km from Ayodhya.