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In-Depth Information
Information
Numerous ATMs line Central Ave.
10am-10pm)
Internet access on the main drag.
Computrek
(18 Central Ave; per hr ?20;
MTDC
(
2533325; near MLA Hostel, Civil Lines;
10am-5.45pm Mon-Sat)
11am-2pm Mon-Fri)
A two-minute walk west of the train station.
State Bank of India
(Kingsway;
Deals in foreign exchange.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Domestic airlines, including
Indian Airlines
( 2533962)
and
Jet Airways
( 5617888)
, fly daily
to Delhi (from ?6000, 1½ hours), Mumbai (from ?5000, 1½ hours) and Kolkata (from
?8000, 1½ hours), as well as linking Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and
Pune. Taxis/autorickshaws from the airport to the city centre cost ?400/200.
BUS
The main MSRTC bus stand is 2km south of the train station. Ordinary buses head for
Wardha (?65, three hours) and Ramtek (?40, 1½ hours). There are two buses to Jalgaon
(?370, 10 hours), and three to Hyderabad (?358, 12 hours).
TRAIN
From Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), the Duronto Express runs daily to
Nagpur (sleeper/2AC ?470/1825, 10 hours, 9:15pm). From Nagpur, it departs at 8.50pm
and arrives at 7.50am the following morning. Heading north to Kolkata is the Gitanjali
Express (sleeper/2AC ?475/1920, 17½ hours, 7.05pm). Several expresses bound for Delhi
and Mumbai stop at Jalgaon (for Ajanta caves; sleeper/2AC ?282/1015, eight hours).
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Around Nagpur
Ramtek
About 40km northeast of Nagpur, Ramtek is believed to be the place where Lord Rama,
of the epic Ramayana, spent some time during his exile with his wife Sita and brother
Lakshmana. The place is marked by a cluster of
temples
(
6am-9pm)
about 600 years old,
