By Air: Sheikh Ul Alam International Airport, commonly known as Srinagar Airport is the nearest air base that connects Srinagar to rest of the world via air. The major airlines operational at Srinagar Airport include Air India, IndiGo, Go Air, JetLite, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Kingfisher Airlines, Air Deccan etc. Various domestic and international destinations accessed from Srinagar via air are: Jammu, Leh, Delhi, Mumbai, Indore, Chandigarh, Shimla, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and so on.

By Rail: The nearest railway station from Srinagar is located at Jammu which is approximately 290 kilometers away from here. Jammu Railway Station falls on the Jammu Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Railway Link of the Kashmir Railway. Direct trains ply from Jammu to a number of important cities of India such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, Trivandrum, Kanyakumari, etc. Chief trains plying on Jammu Rail Route include Jammu Tawi Bandra AC Special, Jammu Tawi Varanasi Special, Jammu Delhi Sarai Rohilla Super fast Special, Jhelum Exp, Jammu Tawi Exp, Kathgodam Garib Rath Exp, Uttar Sampark Kranti Exp, Jammu Kanpur Exp, Jamnagar Exp, Amarnath Exp, Jammu Mail, Shalimar Exp, Andaman Exp, Ahmedabad Exp, Bhatinda Exp and so on.

By Road: The city Srinagar is connected with other parts of the state via a well laid down road network. The chief Highways that link Srinagar with other destinations of Jammu and Kashmir are: National Highway 1A and National Highway 1D. Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation operates daily buses between Jammu and Srinagar, Srinagar and Leh and Kargil and Srinagar. Srinagar is also well connected with Delhi via direct bus route that takes about 24 hours to reach. Apart from the state transport buses, a number of private traveling agencies provide bus services between Srinagar and several other neighboring cities. The central bus stand of Srinagar is located at just 10 minute of walking distance from the famous Dal Lake of the city. Srinagar is placed about 96 km from Phalgan 290 km from Jammu, 434 km from Leh, 630 km from Chandigarh and 876 km from Delhi.