I will be travelling to Bhopal, Indore and Guna shortly. I will be travelling by road. Please do let me know:
1. The distance between Bhopal to Indore and Indore to Guna.
2. Travelling time.
2. The frequency of buses/cabs on the Bhopal - Indore and Indore - Guna route.
3. Is it advisable to make reservations in advance. Are there any buses plying on the Bhopal - Indore, Indore - Guna route during the day? Please get hold of a tourism brochure from a Tourist bureau from railway station or log on to India Tourism - Madhya Pradesh for details required. Distance from Bhopal to Indore: 186 km
Bhopal: Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, lies on the Delhi-Bombay/Madras line. You can go there from Ujjain by train or bus. The distance is 184 km and can be covered in 4| hrs. On 1 2 3 days the 1171 Shipra Exp leaves Howrah at 15-25 to reach Bhopal, 1494 km away in 29| hrs and pro颅ceeds to Indore. On Wed, Thurs & Fridays the Shipra Exp leaves Indore at 19-30, reaches Bhopal at 2-00 in the night and Cal颅cutta the next day at 6-50. You can also change trains at Itarsi on the Allahabad-Bombay line or take a train from Nagpur/ Bilaspur to go to Bhopal. It is 390 km from Nagpur and 92 km from Itarsi. Delhi is 705 km away, Bombay 837 km. The super fast 2002 Shatabdi Exp leaves New Delhi at 6-15 and goes via Agra Cantonment/Gwalior/ Jhansi to reach Bhopal at 14-00. It leaves Bhopal at 14-40 to return to New Delhi at 22-25. The other trains passing Bhopal are the Dadar-Amritasar Exp, Punjab Mail going to Firozepur from Bombay, from Pune Jammu-Jhilam Exp, Keral Exp coming from New Delhi, Delhi-Bangalore Karnataka Exp, Jayanti Janata and Malanga Exp going to Mangalore from Hazrat Nizamuddin, Varanasi-Hapa Sabarmati Exp, Indore-New Delhi Malwa Exp, Gorakhpur-Hyderabad/ Cochin/ Bombay, weekly Himsagar Exp, 1 6 day Hazrat Nizamuddin-Trivandrum/ Mad颅ras/ Bangalore Rajdhani Exp, New Delhi-Madras Tamilnadu Exp & GT Exp, tri颅weekly Madras-Jammu Exp, Bhopal-Rajkot Exp, Tamilnadu Exp, Hyderabad-New Delhi Exp, Lucknow-Bombay Exp, Bhopal-Bilaspur Exp/ Passenger going to Bilaspur via Katni, Indore-Bilaspur Narmada Exp and Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bilaspur Exp. 2 4 5 7 days Amarkantaka Exp goes to Durg, 13 5 days Panchmari Exp goes to Vina and many other trains. There are trains to Indore, Bilaspur, Ratlarn, Itarsi and other parts of the country from Bhopal.
Buses too ply to different parts of the state from Bhopal. There are bus services between Bhopal and Gwalior, Indore, Jabbalpur, Uj颅jain. Buses go to Sanchi, Shivpuri, Panchmari in 6 hrs. Mandu in 7 hrs. There are night bus services to Khajuraho taking 11 hrs for the trip. Buses ply to Bhopal from Ahmedabad, Baroda, Nagpur and Jaipur. M P Tourism's A/c bus takes the passengers of Shatabdi at 8-45 at Bus Std & 14-30 from RIy Stn to go. to Indore in 4 hrs.
On 2 4 day IAC planes leaves Bhopal at 9-05 to reach Delhi via Gwalior in 45 mi颅nutes. On 1 5 7 day reaches direct Delhi at 1-10 hr. On 12 4 5 7 day leaves Bhopal at 18-00 reaches Bombay at 20-15 via Indore (35 min). The return flight on the same day and on the same route comes back. The IAC office is at Bhad Bhada Rd, TT Nagar, S 550480. The Vayudoot too runs services be颅tween Bhopal and Delhi, Gwalior, Guna, Raipur, Satna and Rewa. Its office is at
Mayur H, ffi 77094, Berasia Rd. Private Air颅lines also run services between Bhopal and Delhi, Bombay, Indore and many other directions.
The city was founded by Bhuj, the Parmar king, in the 11th century and named after him. Bhopal is derived from Bhuj + pal. The Afghan chief, Dost Muhammad Khan, a sol颅dier at the Mughal durbar, killed someone and had to leave Delhi. He came near Bhop颅al and took up a job as an overseer. A little later, he killed the Rajput king, defeated the governor of Bhilsa, and entered Bhopal in triumph. It was Muhammad Khan who founded the modern city of Bhopal in the lat颅ter half of the 16th century All travel links, maps link, state wise travel info and other important links for India on http://www.india-links.1freehost.net . In fact, Bhopal is between Indore & Guna. It is better, if start from Indore, then Bhopal and last Guna or reverse. Otherwise it has to be Bhopal-Indore, Indore-Bhopal, Bhopal-Guna. Bhopal Indore 186 km
Guna is situated on the National Highway No. 3 namely Agra - Bombay National Highway. |
