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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. 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. 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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