Bikaner, India
If you are wondering what are the various means to reach Bikaner, then read on to this page.
Bikaner does not have its own airport, but the nearest airport is Jodhpur Airport. It is located around 251 KM from the city. Some of the Indian cities have a direct flight from Jodhpur Airport including Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Lucknow, Goa, Pune, Indore, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Jammu, Chennai and others. This airport also attends flights from major international sectors like Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Paris, San Francisco, New York, Frankfurt, Bangkok, Amsterdam, Singapore, Hong Kong and Zurich. The second nearest airport to Bikaner is the Jaipur International Airport, located in Jaipur- the capital of Rajasthan.
Bikaner can be reached by well-connected bus services. Depending upon your budget and the time taken to travel from one city to another, you can select a particular bus service that ranges from the premium coaches like Volvo, luxury, air-conditioned, non-air-conditioned and deluxe buses to state-owned government inter-state/city transport buses. In case you plan to take an overnight journey to Bikaner, then it is advisable that you opt for a sleeper coach for a comfortable journey. Many inter-city buses also connect Bikaner with its neighboring cities. Most popular routes that operate from Bikaner are for Delhi, Pali, Ganganagar, Jodhpur, Agra, Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Udaipur, Jaisalmer and Kota.
If you want to know how to reach in Bikaner by train then it should be noted that the city has two major railheads – ‘Bikaner Junction’ and ‘Lalgarh Railway Station’. Both of the stations are roughly 6 KM away from each other and are located within the city. Therefore, train is widely preferred by most of the travelers. Bikaner has a proper and well-linked rail system that is connected to most of the major Indian cities like Delhi (via Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express Slip and Delhi Sarai Rohilla - Bikaner Intercity Express), Jodhpur (via Kalka Barmer Chandigarh Express), Punjab (via Adi Jat Express), Ahmedabad (via Jammu Tawi - Ahmedabad Express), Hyderabad (via Secunderabad Bikaner Express), Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and many other cities. The two most common trains that operate daily are linked to major cities’ railheads are ‘Bikaner Express’ and ‘Bikaner Mail’.
Sights of Bikaner
