By Air: Aurangabad Airport also reckoned as Chikkalthana Airport and located at the distance of about 6 kilometers from the heart of the city is the public airport of Aurangabad that grants this historical metropolis air connectivity with other parts of the country. Direct as well as connecting flights regularly ply from this airport to various chief destinations of India including Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, and so on. In recent times flights were even made available for the Muslim pilgrims bounded to Mecca and Madina for the Hajj Pilgrimage. The most worth mentioning airlines that operate their flights at the Aurangabad Airport are; Air India, Air India Regional, JetLite, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Kingfisher Red, Kingfisher Class, and so on. The nearest major international airports from Aurangabad are located at Pune and Mumbai.
By Rail: Aurangabad Railway Station (AWB) , a part of the ‘South Central Railway Zone’ of the Indian Railways and belonging to the Secunderabad-Manmad section of the Nanded Division presents Aurangabad an efficient connectivity via rail route. Direct trains from Aurangabad ply to various destinations of the country viz. Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Nanded, Nagpur, Nizamabad, Erode, Kurnool, Madurai, Hyderabad, Gwalior, Bhopal, Agra, Mathura, Amritsar, and many others. Major trains running on the railway line connecting Aurangabad and Mumbai include Tapovan Exp, Nandigram Exp, Aurangabad Jan Shatabdi Exp, Devagiri Exp, etc. Aurangabad Jan Shatabdi Exp happens to be the fastest train plying on this route. Sachkand Superfast Exp connects Aurangabad to Delhi while Ajanta Exp and Devagiri Exp commute from Aurangabad to Hyderabad & Secunderabad and vice versa. Other noteworthy trains that halt at the Aurangabad Railway Station are; Secunderabad Manmad Exp, Pune Nanded Exp, Amritsar Nanded Exp, Marathwada Exp, Ajmer Hyderabad Spl, Rameswaram Exp, and so on. The closest Railway Junction on the Central Railway Line from Aurangabad is the Manmad Railway Station that is located at the distance of about 118 kilometers from here. From the Manmad Railway Station trains headed to almost all the parts of the country can be easily availed
By Road: A well established road network of National and state highways annexes Aurangabad with almost all the major cities of the state as well as the remaining parts of the country. National Highway No 211 and State Highways no 8 and 60 pass through Aurangabad while other roads like Aurangabad Jalna Rd, Nagpur Aurangabad Mumbai Highway, Paithan Rd, and so on also provide connectivity to Aurangabad via road. Dhule, Solapur, Ahmednagar, Beed, Jalna, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai, Nasik and many other cities of Maharashtra are linked to Aurangabad by road. State transport buses (MSRTC) regularly ply on the routes of Aurangabad and link all the principal towns and cities of Maharashtra and neighboring states with Aurangabad through the cheap mode of public transport. Luxury Volvo AC, Non Ac, deluxe, semi deluxe, luxury seater, semi sleeper and Hi Tech buses that mostly run overnight are largely available from Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Shirdi, Nagpur, Solapur, Kolhapur, Hyderabad, Goa, Surat, Vapi, and Ahmedabad, and so on to reach Aurangabad. Aurangabad is situated about 17 km from Daulatabad, 30 km from Ellora, 96 km from Ajanta, 107 km from Shirdi, 204 km from Nasik, 236 km from Pune and 368 km from Mumbai.
