get there and around
Road
Aurangabad is well connected by roads with various major cities of
maharashtra and other states. National highway NH-211
(Dhule-Aurangabad-Solapur) passes through the city. Road connectivity
is excellent and road connecting to Pune, Nagpur, Beed, Mumbai are
being upgraded into four lane highway.
A New Nagpur-Aurangabad-Mumbai highway is being developed.
Inter-city
The scheme of nationalization of passenger transport services was
started as early as 1932 by the State of Hyderabad, which was one of
the pioneers in the field of public road transport, first in
collaboration with the railways and then as a separate Government
Department. After the reorganization of States and with effect from 1
July 1961, the Marathwada State Transport was amalgamated with the
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation.[6] The "Maharashtra State
Road Transport Corporation" (MSRTC) and numerous other private bus
operators provide a bus service to all parts of the state.
Intra-city
"Aurangabad Municipal Transport" (AMT) is an intra-city bus service
which covers almost all parts of the city, and also connects to the
more distant industrial suburbs. AMT (Aurangabad Municipal Transport)
intra-city buses ply throughout the city including the outskirts, and
connect different parts of the city and adjoining suburbs together. The
AMT bus service is affordable, efficient and safe.[citation needed] The
AMT buses are quite crowded during morning and evening rush hours.
Metered auto rickshaws ply throughout the city. The fare is based on a
meter and is computed by a tariff card available from the driver.
New Integrated Terminal Building, Aurangabad Airport
Air
Main article: Aurangabad Airport
Now Aurangabad has an International airport. Recently there were
flights made available to all the people traveling to Hajj pilgrimage.
Aurangabad Airport has connecting flights to Delhi, Udaipur, Mumbai,
Jaipur as well as Hyderabad.
Rail service
History
The Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway was establisted by the Nizam of
Hyderabad and was part of The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway owned
and worked by a company under a guarantee from the Hyderabad State. The
capital for Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway was raised by the issue
of redeemable mortgage debentures.
The Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railways (metre gauge) runs for 391 miles
north-west from Hyderabad city to Manmad on the north-eastern section
of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and was built between 1899 and
1901.
Present
Aurangabad (station code: AWB) is a station located on the
Kachiguda-Manmad section of Hyderabad(HYB) division of South Central
Railway (SCR). The Manmad-Kacheguda Broad gauge railway line which
emanates from the Mumbai-Bhusawal-Howrah trunk route at Manmad is an
important artery of traffic in Aurangabad district. The importance of
this line lies in the fact that it has opened for traffic the fertile
agricultural tract in Marathwada region. It also serves as a link
between Mumbai and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh. This line was
formerly the only route of traffic as there were no good roads in the
Marathwada region. This railway route was opened for traffic in 1900.
After Divisional adjustments in 2003, which saw the bifurcation of
Hyderabad division, Aurangabad now comes under the newly created Nanded
(NED) Division of SCR. Aurangabad has rail connectivity with Manmad,
Aurangabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Parli Vaijnath, latur, Osmanabad,
Gangakhed, Mudkhed, Adilabad, Nagpur, Basar, Nizamabad, Nasik, Mumbai,
Pune, Daund, Mahbubnagar, Kurnool, Kadapa, Renigunta, Tirupati,
Katpadi, Erode, Madurai and Kachiguda (KCG). Ajanta Express between
Kachiguda and Manmad and Sachkhand Express between Amritsar and Nanded
are the most prestigious trains passing through this station.
The Jan-shatabdi Express is the fastest and most comfortable train
option to and from Mumbai, with a total traveling time of 6½ hours.
Three overnight trains and two daytime trains also travel between
Mumbai and Aurangabad.
Aurangabad has more number of trains to HYB than to any other city.
Ajanta Express, Secunderabad Bi-Weekly Express, Kakinada Express,
Devagiri Express, Hyderabad Passenger, Manmad-Kachiguda Passenger,
Okha-Rameswaram Express — all these trains connect AWB with HYBt
