Surat

By car

The Golden Quadrilateral highway system will pass through Surat at its expected completion. At present the city is connected to the National Highway 8 through a 16 km connector highway. National Highway 8 corridor is one of the most industrially developed area in the country and Surat is one of the most industrially active cities that connect to it. National highway 6 starts from Hazira and connects the city to Dhule, Nagpur, Raipur, Sambalpur, Kharagpur and Kolkata.

By plane

Surat Airport (http://www.suratairport.c...) code: STV and ICAO code: VASU was opened on the 6th May 2007. Indian airlines has one flight daily to and from Delhi. Spicejet Operates daily from Surat to Mumbai and Delhi.

By train

The city is connected to the national railway system through the Western Railways connecting it to Mumbai and beyond to the south as well as New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Vadodara and other cities to the north. The Surat Railway station is in the eastern-central part of the city and is very conveniently located near major hotels and businesses. There is also a connection to the Central Railways through the Udhana Junction and the Tapti line.

The variety of passenger trains range from local trains that stop at all stations on the way, to super fast express trains like the August Kranti Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express. In addition there are plenty of goods trains that move the goods produced by the city to the rest of the country and beyond, and bring supplies to the city.

4 hrs each from Mumbai and Ahmedabad and 2 hrs from Vadodara by train.

By bus

The city has a local city bus system.

Surat is connected with major cities of Gujarat as well as Mumbai and other Indian cities.Raj travels Volvo a/c buses run throughout the day to various cities of India.Daily More than 700 buses departs for various parts of Saurastra Eastern part of Gujarat, and vise-versa.