By Air: Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport , of Indore, one of the leading airfields of Madhya Pradesh and also the busiest airport of the state provides Indore efficient air connectivity with a number of important destinations of the country via air. Operated by the Airports Authority of India this domestic airport is located about 8 kilometers away to the south east of the Indore City. The chief airlines catering their services at the Indore Airport include Air India, Jet Light, Jet Airways, JetKonnect, SpiceJet and IndiGo. The principal destinations accessible from Indore via air are; Bhopal, Mumbai, Delhi, Srinagar, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Gwalior, Patna, Raipur, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Pune, Bangalore, Visakhapatnam, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ahmedabad, etc. City buses, cabs and auto rickshaws are easily available to reach the Indore City from the Indore Airport.

By Rail: The Indore Junction located at Chhoti Gwaltoli in Siyaganj area of the city falls under the Ratlam Division of the Western Railways and connects Indore with a number of important destinations of the country via rail route. Furnished with 4 platforms, 8 broad gauge tracks and all the modern amenities those would cater the needs of the passengers, the Indore Junction; an A 1 grade railway station of India yields the annual revenue of more than 500 million INR. The Indore Junction is linked to the Ujjain Junction to its north west, Dewas Junction to the north, Khandwa Junction to its south east and Indore Mhow to the south.
The Indore Junction is very well connected to almost all the major cities of India including New Delhi, Jammu, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Lucknow, Allahabad, Jhansi, Agra, Ambala, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ratlam, Patna, Kolkata, Dehradun, Haridwar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Trivandrum, Ernakulum, Vijaywada, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ajmer, etc.
The most noteworthy trains plying from the Indore Junction are; Indore -Mumbai Duronto Exp, Indore - Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Exp, Ranthambore Exp, Indore Tri Shatabdi Exp, Malwa Exp, Indore - Nagpur Exp, Avantika Exp, Indore - Jaipur Exp, Indore - Gwalior Intercity Exp, Indore - Jabalpur Exp, Indore - Dehradun Exp, Ahilyanagari Exp, Shanti Exp, Indore - Pune Exp, Indore - Patna Exp, Indore - Bhopal Intercity Exp, Shipra Exp, Indore - Jaipur Exp, Narmada Exp, Panchvalley Exp, Indore - Nagda Pass, Indore - Bhopal Pass, etc.
Apart from the Indore Junction, the Indore City is also served with other railway stations namely; Lakshmibai Nagar, Rajendra Nagar, Lokmanya Nagar, Indore Mhow, Indore Rau, Indore New Rajendra Nagar Terminus, Indore Saifi Nagar, Indore Patalpani and Indore Sanwer.

By Road: A comprehensive and widespread network of state and national highways connects Indore with all the villages, towns and cities of Madhya Pradesh and the neighboring states by road. The chief national and state highways passing through the Indore city include NH 3, NH 59, NH 59 A, SH 27 and SH 34. NH 3 connects Indore with Agra and Bombay while NH 59 lies between Indore and Ahmedabad. NH 59 A stretches from Indore to Betul and meets NH 69 at Betul linking it to Nagpur. SH 27 and SH 34 annex Indore to Burhanpur and Jhansi respectively via road. Both state transport and private buses daily ply from Indore to various destinations viz. Bhopal, Ujjain, Dewas, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Ratlam, Nagda, Itarsi, Betul, Nagpur, Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Nadiad, Surat, and many others. Indore is located 24 km from Mhow, 36 km from Dewas, 52 km from Ujjain, 130 km from Khandwa, 136 km from Ratlam, 156 km from Harda, 279 km from Itarsi, 329 km from Betul, 397 km from Ahmedabad, 512 km from Nagpur, 579 km from Mumbai.