South Asia
Getting around India
Between cities
Getting around India
Trains link most cities: book up to 60 days ahead on IRCTC or use the foreign tourist quota at big stations. Cheap domestic flights and sleeper buses fill gaps.
Key facts
- Ride-hailing apps: Uber, Rapido, Ola.
- Driving: on the left. IDP plus home licence required; scooters are rented in Goa and the Himalaya; most visitors hire a car with driver.
- IRCTC (Indian Railways tickets)
Getting around by place
- DelhiGetting around
- GoaGetting around
- MumbaiGetting around
- JaipurGetting around
- AgraGetting around
- VaranasiGetting around
- RishikeshGetting around
- BangaloreGetting around
- UdaipurGetting around
- KochiGetting around
- KolkataGetting around
- HyderabadGetting around
- ManaliGetting around
- DharamshalaGetting around
- LehGetting around
- ChennaiGetting around
Sources
- IRCTC (Indian Railways tickets)
- US State Department travel advisory
- Indian Visa Online (e-Visa and e-Arrival Card)
- Bureau of Immigration, India
- Incredible India (Ministry of Tourism)
- Speedtest Global Index: India
- World Bank open data
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