Traveling to Bus

Travelling by bus along the main highways, especially to the capital on the Grand Trunk road and to Jaipur on NH-11, is considerably more hair-raising than travelling the same routes by train. Accidents, most of them head-on collisions with other buses or trucks, are disconcertingly frequent.

For those unable to get hold of a rail ticket, seats on Rajasthan Roadways buses, which leave from Idgah bus stand in the southwest of town, should be booked at the bus stand itself: for any destinations further afield than Jaipur, take a bus to Jaipur (via Bharatpur ) and pick up a connecting service from there. One exception is Ajmer , jumping off town for Pushkar , which has its own direct service (10hr). Deluxe and a/c services for Jaipur (5hr) leave from the forecourt of Hotel Shakpura , next to the bus stand. There's a booking office in the lodge for fast and direct private buses to Delhi (5-6hr) and Gwalior (3hr 30min), and early morning departures for Khajuraho (12hr), Lucknow (9hr 30min) and Nainital (10hr). Additional buses to the same destinations leave from the tourist office on Taj Road: book a day in advance at the office. If you're heading southwest towards Bharatpur via Fatehpur Sikri , catch one of the regular services from the Idgah bus stand (1hr).

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