| Ahmedabad
India Transport |
Ahmedabad
is one of the six operating divisions of the Western Railway.
Railway lines connect the city to all towns in Gujarat, and
to major cities in the rest of India. The Ahmedabad Railway
Station and the Maninagar Railway Station are the main terminals
for the city. The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
provides for both domestic and international aviation for
the city and the neighbouring cities of Gandhinagar, Mehsana
and Nadiad. The airport connects the city with destinations
across India and to cities in the Middle East, East Asia and
destinations in Western Europe.
National
Highway 8, linking Delhi to Mumbai, passes though Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad is connected to Vadodara through National Expressway
1, a 94 km (58 mi) long highway with only two exits. This
expressway is part of the Golden Quadrilateral project. Ahmedabad
is directly connected by highways to Bhavnagar, Nadiad, Mehsana,
Surendranagar, Bhuj, Rajkot and Gandhinagar.
The city's
main traffic arteries are the Mahatma Gandhi Road, C. G. Road,
the Jawaharlal Nehru Road, the Ashram Road and the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar
highway (S.G. Highway). Auto rickshaws and taxis are the most
popular forms of public transport. The Ahmedabad Municipal
Transport Service (AMTS) runs the local bus service in the
city. In 2005, AMTS began a drive to convert all of its petrol
and diesel engine buses to run on compressed natural gas engines
to reduce the effects of air pollution. AMTS runs 750 buses.
Bicycles and motorcycles are a popular medium of transport
with the city's young people and students. A bus rapid transport
project has been launched by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
The first phase of the project is expected to be over by September
2007.
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