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Way to get in Delhi By intercity bus

Buses arrive from Kathmandu and Chitwan in Nepal (36+ hours) and virtually every city in India. Not as comfortable as the trains, buses are the only choice for some destinations, mainly those in the mountains.

Delhi has a confusing slew of inter-state bus termini (ISBT), which all have two names to boot. The Delhi Transport Corporation is the major operator, but every state also runs its own buses and there are some private operators too.

Kashmere Gate ISBT (aka Maharana...
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Way to get in Delhi By plane

Indira Gandhi Airport is the arrival point for many visitors into India, and from here connections are possible to the rest of India or abroad. The airport is being renovated at the moment, mainly for the commonwealth games in 2010. The quality of the facilities has improved significantly the last two years because of this, but is still not up to standards that you would expect for a major city like this.
The airport is split into three terminals, with the domestic terminals 1A and 1B...
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Way to get in Delhi By train

Trains arrive at one of three main stations: Delhi Junction, also called Old Delhi or Purani Dilli, the second at New Delhi which lies in Central Delhi, and one at Hazrat Nizamuddin a few kilometers to the south. (A very few trains also use Delhi Sarai Rohilla or Delhi Cantt stations.) Delhi Junction and New Delhi Railway Station are now conveniently connected by Metro Line 2, just minutes apart. It will take around 40 minutes to an hour to travel from the New Delhi Railway Station to the...
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