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Air
Akola Airport (also known as Shivani Airport is the domestic airport of Akola city at an elevation of 999 ft and has one runway . The Airport is just 7 km away from the city on National Highway number 6. The nearest domestic airport is at Nagpur. The work of renovation and operations of Akola airport has been taken by Airport Authority of India.
Road
The "NH6" runs through Akola from Hajira to Kolkata. NH6 is a part of Asian Highway 46. Maharashtra state transport buses are most commonly used by people to travel to rural parts of the region. They are the cheapest means of transport. State-owned and private air-conditioned bus services run daily buses to most important cities to and from Akola. The bus frequency is good.
Bus
Akola Municipal Transport (AMT) runs Akola's public transport service. Autorickshaw is also widely used in Akola city for city transport. Traffic is generally a problem, in the form of congestions due to increasing number of vehicles, bad roads, stray animals and a general disregard of traffic rules. Road accidents are often fatal and are very common. The municipal corporation is trying to improve the roads in Akola city through IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Planning). This may create a new face of the city.
Rail
Akola also has good railway connectivity with direct trains to Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Okha, Kolhapur, Pune, Indore, Ujjain, Khandwa, Ratlam, Nagpur, Howrah, Puri, Chennai, Jaipur and Hyderabad.
Akola railway junction situated on both the Mumbai-Bhusawal-Wardha-Nagpur-Howrah rail line and the Kacheguda-Jaipur meter gauge line is an important junction for passengers from North and South India and also for goods trains. Broadgauging of Akola-Purna, Akola - Indore Junction MG and Akola - Indore Junction BG - Ratlam railway line under Unigauge has recently completed and passenger train have started running on this route. Important railway stations in Akola region with their codes are Paras, Gaigaon, Akola Junction(AK), Murtajapur Junction (MZR) and are under Bhusawal-Badnera Section of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway.
The other stations under meter gauge are Hiwarkhed (HWK), Adgaon Buzurg (ABZ), Akot (AKOT), Patsul (PTZ), Ugwe (UGWE), Akola Junction, Shivani Shivpur (SVW), Barshitakli (BSQ), Lohogad (LHD), Amna Vadi (AMW), Jaulka (JUK) are under Purna - Khandwa Section of South Central Railway.
