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Mysore is one of the most important cities in Karnataka due to its tourism and proximity with the capital city of Bangalore. It is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state of Karnataka. It has a well established road and rail transport with other cities in the country.
The most popular mode of public transport in the city is KSRTC city buses coming under MCTD Division. Buses are available to all locations in the city as well as villages and towns outside the city. KSRTC MCTD Division has a fleet of around 500 buses. These buses are majorly semi low floor Non-AC city buses. Other buses include AC Volvo buses and older high floor buses. Mysore was the first city in India to implement Intelligent Transport System (ITS) with funding from World Bank. There are 5 IMTC Bus stands in Mysore at Kuvempunagar, Sathgalli, R.S Naidunagar,
A public bicycle sharing system, Trin Trin, funded partially by the United Nations is popular mode of transport. It is a government project. It is the first public bike-sharing system throughout India. The key objective of Trin Trin is to encourage local commuters, as well as visitors, to use the bicycle in preference to motorized modes of travel and thereby help scale down the multifarious environmental and road-traffic hazards, enhance conveyance convenience, and make local daily commutes economical for the common citizen.
Intercity buses are handled by KSRTC. All the intercity buses are operated through the Rural Bus Stand which is the largest of its kind in Mysore. All kinds of services like Airavat, Rajahamsa, Ambari, Standard buses are available to almost every city in the state and some cities in the neighbouring states. There are buses every ten minutes to Bangalore.
The KSRTC Rural Bus stand in Mysore hosts a shopping mall/complex with brands such as Reliance Smart, Reliance Digital etc.
Other private buses are also operated from agencies like SRS Travels, VRL Travels etc.
Mysore railway station has three lines, connecting it to
Mysore Airport is a domestic airport that serves the city and is located in Mandakalli village of Mysore. There are daily flights to
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Mysore is one of the most important cities in Karnataka due to its tourism and proximity with the capital city of Bangalore. It is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state of Karnataka. It has a well established road and rail transport with other cities in the country.
Roads
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NH-212 Kollegala to the state border town of Gundlupet, where the road forks into the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. State Highway 17, which connects Mysore to Bangalore, was upgraded to a four-lane highway in 2006, reducing travel time between the two cities. A project was planned in 1994 to construct a new expressway to connect Bangalore and Mysore. After numerous legal hurdles, it remains unfinished . State Highway 33 and National Highway 275 which connect Mysore to H D Kote and Mangalore respectively. Main road links from Mysore are Mysuru – Bengaluru and Ooty, Mysuru – Bannur and Kanakapura, Mysuru - Kollegala, Mysuru - MM Hills and Salem, Mysuru – Hunsur and Mangaluru and Mysuru – Heggadadevana Kote and Manantvady. Mysuru has approximately 2500 km of road network as of 2020. The city has 3 ring road alignments with outer ring road being part of NH275. Important city roads are D.Devraj Urs Road, Sayyoji Rao Road, Irwin Road, Albert Victor Road and Krishnaraja Boulevard.
Local public transport
The most popular mode of public transport in the city is KSRTC city buses coming under MCTD Division. Buses are available to all locations in the city as well as villages and towns outside the city. KSRTC MCTD Division has a fleet of around 500 buses. These buses are majorly semi low floor Non-AC city buses. Other buses include AC Volvo buses and older high floor buses. Mysore was the first city in India to implement Intelligent Transport System (ITS) with funding from World Bank. There are 5 IMTC Bus stands in Mysore at Kuvempunagar, Sathgalli, R.S Naidunagar, Yelwal
Yelwala or Ilvaala is a Census town in the city of Mysore in Karnataka state, India. This place is located between Mysore and Hunsur. Yelwala is a hobli headquarter and a Gram Panchayat. The population of Yelwala in census 2011 was 9,826.
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a and Chamundi Hills. The main bus stand has 5 bays and 3 bays for suburban busses which ply to towns and villages of the district, Subways and free Wifi facilities.
Within the city, buses are cheap and popular means of transport, auto-rickshaws are also available and ''tongas
A tonga or tanga is a light carriage or curricle drawn by one horse (compare ekka) used for transportation in the Indian subcontinent. They have a canopy over the carriage with a single pair of large wheels. The passengers reach the seats fro ...
'' (horse-drawn carriages) are popular with tourists. Mysore also has a 42.5-kilometre (26.4 mi) long ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...
that is being upgraded to six lanes by the MUDA.
The city has transport services from mobile based taxi services like Ola Cabs, Uber, Jugnoo as well. Also it has mobile based two wheeler taxi Rapido also mobile based self ride two wheeler scooters by Bounce and Vogo four wheeler self ride Zoom cars and many more.
Trin Trin PBS
A public bicycle sharing system, Trin Trin, funded partially by the United Nations is popular mode of transport. It is a government project. It is the first public bike-sharing system throughout India. The key objective of Trin Trin is to encourage local commuters, as well as visitors, to use the bicycle in preference to motorized modes of travel and thereby help scale down the multifarious environmental and road-traffic hazards, enhance conveyance convenience, and make local daily commutes economical for the common citizen.
Long distance road transport
Intercity buses are handled by KSRTC. All the intercity buses are operated through the Rural Bus Stand which is the largest of its kind in Mysore. All kinds of services like Airavat, Rajahamsa, Ambari, Standard buses are available to almost every city in the state and some cities in the neighbouring states. There are buses every ten minutes to Bangalore.
The KSRTC Rural Bus stand in Mysore hosts a shopping mall/complex with brands such as Reliance Smart, Reliance Digital etc.
Other private buses are also operated from agencies like SRS Travels, VRL Travels etc.
Highways
The National Highways passing through Mysore are # National Highway 275 (India) # National Highway 766 (India) # National Highway 150A (India)Railways
Mysore Junction railway station
Mysore Junction railway station, re-christened as Mysuru Junction railway station (station code: MYS) is a railway station on Mysore–Bangalore railway line serving the city of Mysore, Karnataka, India. Previously Mysore was connected to Bangal ...
is one of the most important stations in the country. It is the headquarters of SWR Mysore Division. Other railway stations in the city are Chamarajapuram and Ashokapuram. The railway station in Naganahalli Village will be made as satellite railway station to Mysore.
Mysore railway station has three lines, connecting it to Bengaluru
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
, Mangalore and Chamarajanagar
Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is a town in the southern part of Karnataka, India. Named after Chamaraja Wodeyar IX, the erstwhile king of Mysore, previously known as 'Arikottara'. Chamarajanagara is the headquarters of Chamarajanagar distr ...
. Railway lines that connect the city to Chamarajanagara and Mangalore are unelectrified single track and the track that connects to Bengaluru
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
is electrified double track
A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.
Overview
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. Fastest train to serve the station is Shatabdi Express.
Air
Mysore Airport is a domestic airport that serves the city and is located in Mandakalli village of Mysore. There are daily flights to Kempegowda International Airport
Kempegowda International Airport is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over , it is located about north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru Inte ...
Bengaluru
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
, Chennai International Airport, Cochin, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad, Belgaum
Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ...
, Goa Airport and Mangalore International Airport.
Nearest international airport to Mysore is Kempegowda International Airport
Kempegowda International Airport is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over , it is located about north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru Inte ...
in Bangalore. Daily FlyBus services are available from Mysore directly to the Bangalore Airport. Flybuses are deluxe multi-axle volvo buses with chemical toilets.
Mysore Airport's passenger terminal occupies and can hold a maximum of 200 passengers. Volvo buses from Mysuru City Bus Stand are available 7 times a day before flight timings.
On 17 May 2018, central government gave permission to the above proposal and as per the plan the existing runway would be expanded to 2750 metres. In 2020, it was announced that government has agreed to upgrade Mysore Airport to International Airport after runway expansion.
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