How to Reach Patna Sahib

There are two major railway stations to reach Patna – Patna Junction (PNBE) and Patna Sahib (PNC).The best way to reach Patna Saheb is to take a train for Patna Sahib Station since it is at the shortest distance from Takh Sri Harimandir. Although there are few trains that stop at this station, you can find one after some research. At different occasions, special trains are arranged for the visitors heading to Patna Sahib.

Patna Junction is a major railway station of the East Central Railways and it connects Patna with hundreds of cities by several express and super-fast trains. After reaching to Patna Junction, you can take any other train for Patna Sahib or a taxi can also be hired. Some of the trains for Patna Sahib are listed below

Trains from New Delhi to Patna Sahib

• 12392 – Shramjevi express
• 12368 – Vikramshila Express
• 13132 – Anvt Koaa Express
• 12402 – Magadh Express
• 13484 – Farakka Express
• 14056 – Brahmputra Mail

Trains from Ludhiana to Patna Sahib

• 12332 – Himgiri express
• 12318 – Akal Takhat express
• 13050 – ASR HWH Express
• 13006 – ASR HWH Mail

Please visit Indian Railway official website for more trains and latest updates.

Flights and Airport for Patna Sahib

Patna (Bihar) has an International airport “Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport” which is located at western Patna. It is at a distance of about 25km from Patna Sahib (Patna City). This airport connects Patna with all metro cities of India. In most cases you will need to take a connecting flight via New Delhi or Kolkata.

After reaching to Jai Prakash Narayan Airport, you can hire a taxi for Patna Sahib that will take you about 2-3 hours (due to traffic) in working days and about 1 hour on Sundays. It is advisable to fix a fare before you get on a taxi as there are no meters installed and the chances are very high that the taxi drivers may charge you exorbitant fares.

Patna Sahib Bus stand and Road map

Patna, Bihar is well connected to different cities through National Highway; however, the journey could be so tedious as the condition of highway is not up to the mark. Besides that, traffic jam by transport trucks and buses is very common. You can see long queues of vehicles almost any time. The construction of Four-lane is on so let’s hope things will improve before the year 2017.

It should be noted that Patna Sahib is one of the oldest cities of India, so the roads of Patna Sahib are very narrow and crowded. Most of the part of road is encroached by venders and local shop-keepers. It is really challenging to drive in Patna Sahib so avoid a road trip as much as possible. For local site-seeing, you can hire an auto or since it is a small city, you can visit almost all famous places on foot.

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To reach Patna Sahib.

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