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Mathura - Travel

Mathura is 145km southeast of Delhi and 50km north west of Agra

Air The closest major airport is in New Delhi (3½ hr, 150km).

Train Mathura is a major stop on the Delhi–Agra and Delhi–Mumbai broad-gauge lines. It is a hectic station, so it is hard to miss. Often, if you want to take a train to certain places in India, it is better to depart from a nearby city, rather than get the train in Mathura. To go to Calcutta it is better to depart from either Tundla, which is east of Agra, or from Delhi, and not from Mathura.

From Delhi it takes two to four hours, usually three, to reach Mathura. It is not a good idea to take a train from Delhi to Mathura too late at night, after 8 pm. Plus it will be hard to find a room in Vrindavana if you arrive after 10 pm. Many trains depart each day for Mathura from both the New Delhi train station, by Connaught Place, and the Nizamuddin train station. Trains leave more often from the New Delhi Station, but the Nizamuddin station is closer to the airport and the ISKCON Temple. If you take an evening train (after 5 pm) it may be difficult to get a seat, and you cannot purchase an A/C-class ticket. If you want to travel higher class to Mathura in the evening you can purchase a second-class ticket and get on a Sleeper class, First-class or A/C carriage. You can then ask the ticket collector or the train conductor if you can upgrade your ticket to a higher class. They will often allow this. A second-class unreserved ticket from Delhi to Mathura is Rs 42. This class is very crowded and uncomfortable. When you get on the train you can pay an extra Rs 40 and ride in the second-class sleeper class, which is less crowded.
Often the ticket collector will allow you to ride in this class without charging the extra Rs 40. To go by Two-tier A/C, which is as comfortable as you will get in India, costs about Rs 275 from Delhi to Mathura.

To purchase a ticket at the New Delhi train station for Mathura, after entering the station, you make a left and there are many booths selling tickets. In the afternoons, on Saturdays, and on holidays the lines can be very long and you may have to wait an hour to purchase a ticket.

From Mathura many trains go to and from Agra (1 hr). There are direct trains to Jaipur (6 hr), Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Ujjain (12 hr), Mumbai, Calcutta (32 hr), Ahmedabad, and Baroda. The Toofan Exp #3008 (11 am) goes to Calcutta (32 hr) via Allahabad (12 hr). This train arrives at 3.20 pm the next day in Barddhaman (Burdwan), 5.05 pm in Bandel, and 6.15 pm in Calcutta.

The Malwa Express #4668 (8.20 pm) goes to Ujjain (12½ hr). The Kalinga-Utkal Exp #8478 (3.35 pm) goes to Puri. The Jammu-Ahmedabad Sarvodaya #2474 (12 midnight) takes 14½ hours to get to Ahmedabad. There are several trains to Vadodara and Mumbai.

There are direct trains to Chennai (35 hr), Hyderabad (33 hr), Visakhapatnam (44½ hr), and Vijayawada (28 hr). The Kerala Exp #2626 goes to Thiruvananthapuram (1.30 pm, 53½ hr). The #5314 Exp (7 pm) goes to Lucknow (14 hr) via Sitapur.

The only train from Jaipur to Mathura is the Jodhpur-Varanasi Marudhar Exp #2464 (3.20 pm, 5½ hr) which arrives in Mathura at 8.50 pm. The Varanasi-Jodhpur Marudhar Exp #4863 departs Mathura at 6.45 am, and arrives in Jaipur at 12.20 pm.

The Mahakosal Exp #1449 departs to Delhi (14 hr) via Mathura (11 hr) and Agra in the afternoon. The Mahakosal Exp #1450 departs from Mathura to Chitrakoot.

Bus There are two bus stations in Mathura.
From the Old bus stand, buses depart to Agra (hourly), Vrindavana (every half hour), Haridwar (9 hr), and to the town of Govardhana. The tour of Govardhana, Nandagram, Radha Kunda, Vrindavana town, and Varsana leaves from the Old Bus Stand at 6 am. There is also a semi-luxury bus to Haridwar that departs at 10 pm and arrives around 6 am. Buses depart to Varsana and Nandagram via Govardhana every 40 minutes.
A bus to Mahavana and Baldeo (Dauji) departs every 40 minutes. This bus can be gotten at the small bus stand on the other side of the Yamuna.
From the New bus stand, a couple of km west of the Old bus stand, buses depart to Delhi (3½ hr, Rs 40), Jaipur (6 hr, Rs 90, almost every hour), Bharatpur (1½ hr, Rs 40, every hour), and Agra (1 hr, every half-hour). A luxury bus goes to Jaipur at 10.30 pm. There are some deluxe buses to Delhi (Rs 110). The deluxe buses come from Agra, and if there is a seat available when it reaches Mathura, you can get a seat. There is a bus to Aligarh every hour (1½ hr, Rs 70).

Taxi or Rickshaw From Vrindavana To hire a motor rickshaw in Vrindavana to come to Mathura will cost about Rs 70 an hour. You can hire a taxi to come here for Rs 600 for six hours. If you want to go from Vrindavana to Mathura, spending an hour in Mathura, the cost is around Rs 250

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