Travel information in Badami

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Air
The closest airport is at Belgaum, about 200 km west of Badami. This is about a five-hour trip by road.

Train
Badami is on the Solapur-Hubli metre gauge line. The only trains to stop here are very slow, 2nd class only, passenger trains. There are six trains daily from Badami to Bijapur. Three trains terminate at Bijapur and the other three continue on to Solapur. To go north on a long-distance trip it is best to get a train to Solapur, which is on a broad-gauge line. From Solapur you can get trains to Vijayawada, Hyderabad, and Bombay.

If you are going south, you can get a passenger train to the railway junctions of Gadag, Guntakal, or Hubli. Hubli is on the broad-gauge line. There are five trains going south daily. There is a direct passenger train daily to Hospet and Hampi (6 hr) via Gadag. It is not on the station timetable, so you have to ask about this train.

Bus
There are buses to and from Hospet (7hr), Bangalore, Bagalkot, Belgaum, and Bijapur as well as frequent buses to Aihole and Pattadakal.