Thursday, May 8, 2008

TRANSPORTATION IN RAJKOT

Transport

Rajkot is connected to major Indian cities by Air, Railway and Road.

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Roads and highways

The Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) runs regular buses to and from Rajkot to other cities of Gujarat. Rajkot is very well connected with Gujarat State Highways, National Highway 8 and East-West Corridor. There are a number of private bus operators connecting city with Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi and other states of India.

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Rail and bus

Rajkot Railway Station is a main railway junction of Saurashtra (region), trains for the all the major cities of India is available from here.

Rajkot Municipal Corporation has restored city bus services with Public Private Partnership in 2007. RMC and Private company is providing around 80 CNG buses under 15 to 20 routs in city and suburbs. RMC is also working for Rajkot Bus Rapid Transit System (RBRTS)[24] for providing better transportation within city.[25] Rajkot has sufficient amount of auto rickshaws, which are running round the clock within city.

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Aviation

Rajkot is very well connected to Mumbai by daily flights, which are are operated by Jet Airways and Air Deccan via Rajkot Airport.

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