Pune Transportation

We stayed in a 5 star hotel for my business trip. There I did a taxi for going to my office they charged me 500Rs/- for a 5 mins ride. Whereas if u do a taxi from a taxi company directly you will get a taxi for 8 hrs 80 km for 800 s /-. Ater that they charge approx 50 rs/- per hr plus extra mileage if u have gone over.

Bes will be to call one from yellow pages or Pune guide booklet available in most 5 star hotels. Well known company name is called Prassanna.

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Autorickshaw is convenient way of going around Pune. Just like taxi fare is metered. But there are routes where you shared the transpo and you just pay a fix charge. Be careful also cause sometimes the driver will charge you much if he knew your a tourist.

Raj national express has daily bus services to Pune. It is an air conditioned, luxurious and comfortable bus with nearly 100% safety record as we know that Indians are not rash drivers like Thais or Italiand.

This is a classic example of developing India. This will take you from Mumbai to Pune and vice-versa in just 2.5 hrs as 6 hrs taken to reach by National highway. This is a great, smooth road on the soil of "Incredible India".

The best way to travel today between pune and mumbai is by bus. the roads are good, with an amazing view of the lonavala valley on the way. it also helps in interaction with the locals in the bus, which by my experience is the best way to see a new country and interact. one of the famous transport company like the grey hound in the US is called raj-travels and the bus service is called raj national express, all the buses are the latest volvo so the best comfort possible. they have buses to and from all the major cities in india.

one another company is Neeta travels. they are majorly into buses in the western zone of india.

These the tickets in these buses are around 5-7 us$ for a one way trip. you will have to book it in advance. they have buses throughout the day. it is by far the safest way to travel between these cities

when travelling within pune, beware of the rickshaw drivers. these are few people whom outsiders must be aware of. even being an indian from bombay i have got cheated many times.
these people overcharge tourists.

please remind them that you will note the rickshaw number, it will usually start with MH-12

they will say all sort of crappy things to take more money from you. avoid taking on. especially while coming by train. i have myself gone upto the transport commitioner of police. so feel free to scare them itself.

1. Buses: There are many buses leaving for Pune. All buses use the express way and arrive in Pune in about 3 hours.

2. Trains: Trains such as the Deccan Queen, Indrani express and Udyan leave to Pune from CST station in Mumbai

3. Indicabs: Indian Cabs or Indicabs are present in every Indian state and provide their cheap and comfortable services to Customers. They are airconditioned or Non AC.

The Lohegaon airport in Pune is fairly small, but has been recently turned into an international airport. There is therefore some amount of upgrading and expansion work happening, which should make it a better place to fly into or out of eventually...