By Air: The Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Air Terminal also commonly known as the Gwalior Airport is a military and public airfield located 10 kilometers to the north-east of the Gwalior city. The chief airlines catering their services at the Gwalior Airport include Air India, Air India Regional and Ventura Airconnect those link Gwalior to Delhi, Mumbai, Agra, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Indore, Varanasi and Jaipur by air. To reach the airport from the downtown Gwalior tourists can either hire a cab which will cost around 150 rupees or avail auto rickshaw or city buses. The nearest major international airport is placed at New Delhi which is located about 325 kilometers away from Gwalior.

By Rail: The Gwalior Junction which falls on the ‘North Central Railway Zone’ and is positioned on the longest broad gauge rail line of the country running between Delhi and Mumbai serves Gwalior with an efficient rail connectivity to all the important cities of India. Located right in the heart of the city, the Gwalior Junction happens to be one of the few railway stations of Indian Railways where both the broad gauge and narrow gauge railway tracks are simultaneously functional. The most noteworthy trains plying from Gwalior include Bhopal Exp, Bhopal Shatabdi, Rajdhani Exp, Taj Express, Garib Rath Exp, Karnataka Exp, Tamil Nadu Exp, Kerala Exp, Goa Exp, Punjab Mail, Lashkar Exp, Navyug Exp, and many others. The most important cities of India those are linked with Gwalior via rail route are; Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bhopal, Jhansi, Indore, Allahabad, Nagpur, Itarsi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota, Varanasi, Jammu, Amritsar, Ujjain, Dehradun, Khajuraho, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, etc. Most of the long distance trains of India stop at the Gwalior Junction. Apart from the Gwalior Junction, the city is served with two minor railway stations as well viz. Birla Nagar and Sithouli.

By Road: An extensive road network of state and national highways annexes Gwalior with a number of principal destinations of Madhya Pradesh and other neighboring states. National Highway No 3 that passes through Gwalior connects the city to Agra to its north and to Shivpuri, Indore, Dhule and Mumbai to its southwest. Moreover, National Highway No 75 links Gwalior with Jhansi to its southeast. Apart from that, NH 92 adjoins Gwalior with Etawah of Uttar Pradesh to its northeast. The anticipated North-South-Corridor of the Golden-Quadrilateral Highway will pass through the Gwalior City. Gwalior is also connected to Mathura via Agra through NH 3 and NH 2. Both state transport and private buses ply from Gwalior to all the neighboring towns and cities such as Jhansi, Agra, Mathura, Shivpuri, Bhind, Morena, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Indore, Kanpur, Delhi, Jaipur, Datia, etc. on regular basis. Gwalior is located 41 km from Morena, 78 km from Bhind, 102 km from Jhansi, 114 km from Etawah, 119 km from Shivpuri, 120 km from Agra, 180 km from Mathura, 325 km from New Delhi, 431 km from Bhopal, 481 km from Jabalpur, 496 km from Indore, etc.