India Guide
Maharashtra
Arrival
From Pune's Lohagaon airport, 10km northeast of the centre, pre-paid taxis (around Rs200) and auto-rickshaws (Rs100–150) take between fifteen and thirty minutes to reach the centre, depending on the traffic. Pune is an important staging point on southern express-train routes from Mumbai (3hr 30min–4hr 30min); the main railway station is in the centre of town, south of the river.
There are three main bus stands: the City Bus Stand, next to the railway station, is split into two sections, one serving Pune itself (with signs and timetables only in Marathi), the other for destinations south and west, including Goa, Lonavala and Mumbai. Swargate Bus Stand, about 5km south, close to Nehru Stadium, services Karnataka and some of the same destinations as City, while the stand next to Shivaji Nagar railway station, 3km west of the centre, runs buses to towns in the north. To establish which station you require for your destination, ask at the enquiries hatch of the City Bus Stand.