get there and around
Roads
The Bhopal City is very well connected via Railway, Road and Air
Transport Services. BHOPAL has for a long time been a Rail and Road
Transportation Hub. To stay in BHOPAL, there are a lot of hotels near
the railway station and main bus station & all over the city, Bhopal has
its own low floor, disabled people friendly city bus services (BCLL)
which is always under GPS navigation, for faster and comfortable journey
one can have Radio Taxi. Within Bhopal, city buses — known as "mini
buses" from their size — are the most common means of transport. Some
are larger and charge nominally more than their smaller counterparts.
Autorickshaws are another major means of transport. They are
particularly known for their ornate make-up and blaring sound systems.
In some routes in the older city and the new city as well, the new Tata
Magics are running successfully which have replaced the old bigger
diesel rickshaws - known as 'bhat', the shortened name for vikram.
Bhopal is also implementing a "Bus Rapid Transit System", projected to
become functional in the year 2009.
Apart from the long distance services, there are many services to nearby
places within the state. The bus services are operated from 9 Major bus
stands in the city:
* ISBT Terminal
* Naadra Bus Stand, Old City
* Jawahar Chowk Stand
* Halalpura Bus Stand
* Bharat Talkies Stand
* Jnyaneshwari Bus Stand, South
* Piplani Bus Stand, East
* Ayodhya Nagari BusStand
* ISBT Bus Stand, Kasturba Nagar
National Highway 12 passes through Bhopal which connects it to Jabalpur
in the East and Jaipur in the West. National Highway 86 connects Bhopal
to Sagar in the East to Indore in the West. There are number of daily
buses to Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Khajuraho, Sanchi,
Pachmarhi, Vidisha and as well to Ahmedabad, Jodhpur, Kota, Nagpur,
Jaipur, Agra, Allahabad etc. An interstate bus terminus is near the
Habibganj station.[22] There are also a number of Metro Buses running in
the city.
Railways
* Bhopal Junction Railway Station is a major railway station and
junction. It is connected by rail to all parts of the country being on
the main North-South line of the country. A list of all major trains
passing through Bhopal can be found here. More than 150 daily trains are
stopped here. It is also close to the main East-West junction, Itarsi.
Bhopal has Five other railway stations within the city, namely :
* Habibganj Railway Station is the other major station of Bhopal
which boasts of being the first ISO 9000:2001 certified railway station
in India. Habibganj is also a World Class Railway Station
* Misrod
* Mandideep
* Sukhsewanagar
* Bairagarh
* Nishatpura
Bhopal Express : Shaan - E - Bhopal, with its headquarter at Habibganj
station, is also the first train in India to obtain an ISO 9001:2000
certificate.[23]
Airport
Bhopal has a domestic airport with good amenities that connects it
directly to Delhi, Mumbai, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ahmedabad, Raipur,
Hyderabad and many major cities of India. The Raja Bhoj Airport is
located near the satellite suburb Bairagarh. There are two main ways to
reach the airport: (1) Via Bairagarh, (2) Via Ranchyati, the Heart of
Bhopal.
