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How To Reach Jhansi

By Air: : Even though the city of Jhansi is bequeathed with an aviation base since the British Epoch, this airport is mainly used by the army aircrafts and few private airliners. The UP Government has declared that a new civilian airport will soon be constructed at Jhansi. Presently, the nearest airport to reach Jhansi is located at Gwalior. The Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Air Terminal of Gwalior (Gwalior Airport) is positioned about 111 kilometers away from Jhansi. This military and public airfield is connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Agra, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Indore, Varanasi and Jaipur by air. The chief airlines catering their services at the Gwalior Airport include Air India, Air India Regional and Ventura Airconnect. Tourists can reach Jhansi from the Gwalior Airport and vice versa by state transport or private buses or hire a cab which would cost around 1500 to 2000 INR for one way trip.
By Rail: Jhansi Railway Station (Jhansi Junction - JHS) located along the Nai Basti Road right in the heart of the city happens to be one of the most important railway stations of the Bundelkhand Region. Falling under the North Central Railway Zone of the Indian Railways and lying on the main Delhi-Chennai and Delhi-Mumbai Line, the Jhansi Junction serves as the vital technical stoppage for a number of super fast trains of the country. The Jhansi Junction is served by four Broad Gauge routes in total, i.e. Gwalior – New Delhi, Orai – Kanpur Central, Lalitpur – Bhopal and Mahoba – Manikpur. The Jhansi Junction is connected to almost all the major cities of India such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Trivandrum, Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bhopal, Lucknow, Indore, Kanpur, Agra, Jammu, etc. Some of the worth mentioning trains running on the Jhansi railway route include Rajdhani Exp, Karnataka Exp, Kerala Exp, Tamil Nadu Exp, Andhra Pradesh Exp, Gorakhpur Exp, Jhelum Exp, Bhopal Exp, Pune Lucknow Exp, Andaman Exp, Dakshin Exp, Pushpak Exp, Punjab Mail, etc.
By Road: Jhansi is positioned at such a strategic location that the prospective north-south and east-west corridors of the Golden-Quadrilateral Highway Project intersect each other at Jhansi. The construction of this 4 lane National Super Highways is in progress and it is expected to be complete soon. Apart from the Golden-Quadrilateral, other National and State Highways those pass through Jhansi include NH 25, NH 26, NH 75, NH 76, NH 12 A and SH 37. NH 25 connects Jhansi to Shivpuri to its west and to Kanpur and Lucknow to its northeast. NH 26 joins Jhansi to Lalitpur and Sagar to its south. NH 75 links Jhansi to Ranchi in the state of Jharkhand via Chhatarpur and Satna to its southeast and to Gwalior to the north.
NH 76 runs from Jhansi to Shivpuri, Kota and Mandalgarh. NH 12 A and SH 37 connect Jhansi to Orchha, Prithvipur and Tikamgarh. The main bus stand of Jhansi is located towards the eastern frontier of the city on the Jhansi-Kanpur Highway. Aside from that, the buses also stop at the Purana Bus Stand, near Jhansi Railway Station, BKD Chowk and Elite Chowk. Both Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh State Transport buses as well as private luxuries operate on the Jhansi route. Direct buses are available from Jhansi to Khajuraho, Orchha, Gwalior, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Satna, Sagar, Kota, Jaipur, and numerous other inter and intra state destinations.