Travel information in Bhubaneswar

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Air
There are Indian Airlines flights to Hyderabad, Nagpur, Calcutta, Delhi (daily), VaranasiBombay, and Madras. The airport is very close town. If you have an early morning flight, it is a good idea to have your hotel arrange a taxi the night before and pay a little more to avoid the morning inconvenience of finding a taxi at that time, The Indian Airline office 33, Reservations is on Rajpath, by the bus stand.


Train
Bhubaneswar is on the main Calcutta to Madras line so many trains stop here. The Coromandal Express leaves Calcutta and arrives in Bhubaneswar. The return train leaves and arrives in Calcutta. The Howrah-Puri Express departs from Howrah and arrives in Bhubaneswara the next morning and goes on to Puri, arriving there at morning. This train returns to Calcutta, leaving Puri, Bhubanenwar and arrives in Calcutta the next morning. There are other slower trains between Calcutta and Bhubaneswar.

The Howrah-Bangalore Mail and Guwahati Bangalore go to Bangalore. The Coromandel is a good train going to Madras.

There are direct trains to Delhi, Agra , Remuna , and Varanasi . The Rajdhnani Express departs from Delhi one day a week on Friday to Bhubaneswar. The Puri-New Delhi Exp is a good train to Delhi.


Bus
The best way to get from Bhubaneswar to Puri is on one of the Canter minibuses that leave from the old bus station in the center of town, the new bus stand, and from the petrol station opposite the Ashok Hotel. They take a little more than an hour to get to Puri. There are also larger buses that go Puri, but they are slower than the minibuses. It is best to get an express bus to Puri, which make only one stop en route. There is a direct bus to Konark. If you don't get the direct bus, you can take a Puri buses to Pipli and from there get another bus to Konark.

Most of the long-distance Å buses depart from the new bus stand (Baramunda Bus Stand) which is about 5 km from downtown on the main road to Calcutta. There are buses to Calcutta, Cuttack, and other places in Orissa. Buses to Puri also leave from this station.