Transport in Surat

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Transport in Surat [1] is shared by public, and private transport. Surat, India has Rapid Transport System with BRTS Surat , Surat Metro (Under Construction), Railways etc. Surat has 861 Buses [2] [3]

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Road

Bus

Taxis

Surat has taxi services that is operational mostly around Surat Railway station, apart from this Surat has private cab services like Ola Caba, Uber, Jugnoo etc. Surat also has self drive car rental services with private companies like Just Drive.

Rickshaws

Auto rickshaws are the most preferable mode of public transport in Surat

Rail

Railway

Surat railway station is the main railway stations of surat along with gothangam, Kosad, Utran, Udhna Junction, Bhestan, Niyol, Maroli and Sachin. Surat Railway Station is the 2nd Busiest railway station after Borivali in Mumbai division of Western Reailways, and soon to be devepled as Multi-Modal Transportation Hub (MMTH) [4] [5] [6] [7]

Metro

Surat Metro is under Construction Metro Train System on surat. it has 2 lines (Green Line & Red Line) and 38 Stations [8]

Bullet Train

Surat will be part of Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor also Known as Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train [9] [10] [11]

Ferry

Surat has Ferry Service operating from Hazira to Ghogha of Bhavnagar District [12] [13] [14] this service is 90 km and operating twice daily.

Air

Surat International Airport is the nearest Airport of Surat [15] with Direct connectivity to Sharjah and Dubai.

Surat Airport is also connected via major cities of lindia like Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Coimbatore, Diu, Goa–Dabolim, Goa–Mopa, Indore, Jaipur, Udaipur, Pune Belgaum, Kishangarh operated by major Airlines such as Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Star Air

The Expanded terminal of Surat International Airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 December 2023 [16]

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References

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