Planning a Trip
Contents
1 Get in
1.1 By plane
1.2 By train
1.2.1 From New Delhi
1.2.2 From Kolkata
1.2.3 From Bangalore
1.2.4 From Mumbai
1.2.5 From Varanasi
1.2.6 From Ranchi
1.3 By car
By plane
25.59361185.0919441 Jay Prakash Narayan Airport (Patna Airport or Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, PAT IATA). is a domestic airport. Directly connected to Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore,Hyderabad,Chennai,Ahmadabad, Indore and Ranchi, there are daily flights to and from Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Air India, IndiGo and goAir operate here.   
By train
A view of Patna Junction from one of the platforms
Patna is on the New Delhi - Howrah (Kolkata) railway main line (Patna Junction Code: PNBE; for more information, see Indian Rail site).
Trains from Nepal border area (Gorakhpur and Raxual) as well as some from northeast, Delhi and Varanasi arrive at Hajipur Junction station, located on the other side of the River Ganga. Although the distance from Patna Junction station is mere 11km, including 6km on the world's longest river bridge, one should be prepared for 40 minutes to up to 2-hour ride in the bad traffic. There are prepaid and shared taxis/rickshaws available throughout the day between two stations. In Patna, shared rickshaws (₹30) leave from south side of the station.
Long-distance trains arrive from many other major cities including Lucknow, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Vadodara, Surat, Nagpur, Pune, Raipur, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Puri, Allahabad, Varanasi, Ranchi, Chennai, Bangalore, Mysore, Hyderabad, Goa, Mangalore, Kozhikode and Kochi. Some of the important trains are:
From New Delhi
Patna Rajdhani Exp (12309/12310) via Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi
Outside view of Patna JunctionSamproon Kranti Exp (12393/12394) via Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi
Sharmajeevi Exp (12391/12392) via Lucknow, Varanasi
Magadh Exp. via Allahabad, Varanasi,Kanpur
Vikramshila Exp (12367/12368) via Kanpur, Allahabad
Garib Rath Exp (12353/12354) via Kanpur, Allahabad
Kolkata Rajdhani (12305/12306) via Kanpur, Allahabad. Ends at Kolkata.
Udyan Abha Toofan Exp (13007/13008) From Shri Ganganagar via Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Mugal Sarai, Patna, Durgapur. Ends at Kolkata.
Lal Quila Exp (13111/13112) via Kanpur, Allahabad, Mugal Sarai. Ends at Kolkata.
From Kolkata
Jan Shatabdi Exp (2023/2024)
Danapur Exp (2351/2352)
Garib Rath (All AC)(2359/2360)
From Bangalore
Sanghmitra Exp (12295-12296).
From Mumbai
Mumbai CST-RajendraNagar Patna Express (12141/12142)
Mumbai LTT-Patna RajendraNagar Express (13201/13202)
From Varanasi
Vihbhuti Exp (2333/2334)
Mathura Patna Exp (13237/13238) via Kanpur, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Mugal sarai. Ends in Patna.
Kashi Patna Jan Shatabdi Exp (15125/15126) via Mugalsarai, Buxar, Ara. Ends in Patna.
From Ranchi
Patna Hatia Exp (8623/8624) via Gaya, Bokaro
Patna Ranchi Jan Shatabdi Exp (2365/2366) via Gaya, Bokaro
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25.6032885.1369722 Patna Junction railway station. Main railway station, almost all long-distance trains call here.   (updated May 2019)
25.70213885.2155873 Hajipur Junction railway station. Terminus for trains from the Nepal border area (Gorakhpur and Raxual) as well as some from the northeast.   (updated May 2019)
By car
Patna is connected by road with all major cities of the country via (National Highway 30, 31 & 19). Here is the list of destinations by distance from Patna: BodhGaya (130 km), Muzaffarpur (80 km) Rajgir (103 km), Vaishali (40 km), Kolkata (535 km), Varanasi (300 km), Delhi (988 km), Ranchi (350mkm), Jamshedpur (470 km), Kathmandu (373 km), Siliguri (380 km), Darjeeling (430km), Nalanda (90 km).
BSTDC (Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation) [1][dead link] offers deluxe bus/car rental services for the following destinations: Bodhgaya, Ranchi, Rajgir, Pawapuri, Nalanda & Vaishali,
On the other hand, the Inter-State Bus Terminus at Bankipore (Near Gandhi Maidan) and Mithapur, Luxury buses are available to the Nepal border (Raxaul/Birganj), Gaya, Siliguri, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Purnia etc.
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