get there and around
Local transportation includes auto rickshaws and buses run by KMT (Kolhapur Municipal Transport).
Train
Kolhapur Railway Station is named "Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus" or "C Shahu Maharaj Terminus" (Station code: KOP). It was moved from the South Central to Central Railways in 2003.[6] It has daily trains to Mumbai, Pune, Tirupati, Bangalore, Bhopal, Nagpur and Hyderabad. The weekly Nizammuddin Express is the only direct train to Bhopal and Delhi. The station also runs an inter-city shuttle service between Kolhapur and Miraj (Sangli). However, the station lacks direct connectivity with Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Lucknow, Madurai, Mysore and Trivandrum, despite of being an important station.
Interestingly, this station does not appear on the website of Indian Railways; it is misnamed as "C Shahumharaj T". Because the station is named after Shahu Maharaj, it is entered so on the Railway website.
Road
The National Highway (NH 4) connecting Pune and Bangluru passes through Kolhapur, it has excellent connectivity with a number of major cities in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Bus is a more preferred mode of transport due to its wider network and speed. Buses run by private companies are generally considered more comfortable and reliable, with most offering sleeper and air conditioned coaches. Kolhapur has multiple state transport bus stands like central bus stand (CBS),Rankala & Sambhajinagar bus stand spread around the city. These provide services connecting to most of cities in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa and some places in Andhra Pradesh. The private companies generally serve the more popular routes, to and from big cities, like Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Panjim, Nashik, Belgaum, Dharwad, Hubli, Solapur, Hyderabad, Ratnagiri, Shirdi and Tirupati.
MSRTC runs a high frequency intercity bus service from Kolhapur to the Sangli-Miraj twin cities, which are 50 km from Kolhapur. There are buses to Sangli almost every 10 minutes from Kolhapur.
Air
The city has an airport near Ujlaiwadi, 13 km from the city center connecting Kolhapur to Mumbai. King Fisher Airlines offers daily flights from Mumbai & Belgaum which take about an hour to reach Kolhapur. More number of flights are proposed for developmental purposes.
