Amritsar to Guwahati Trains

About Amritsar City

A holy city for Sikhs, Amritsar is renowned worldwide for Golden Temple. Sikh pilgrims throng the city round the year from across the globe. An important city of Punjab, Amritsar can be easily reached by air travel, trains or bus services. Raja Sansi Airport, about 11 km away from city centre is served by numerous flights from important cities of the country and abroad. Before booking tickets check airfares across cheap flights. Amritsar is connected by mail and express trains run by Indian Railways. Most trains to Amritsar see a huge rush, so it’s advisable to make advance reservations. Regular bus services connect Amritsar to nearby destinations. Apart from doing bus bookings for inter state buses, you can buy bus tickets for private buses like sleeper, Volvo or luxury bus. Suitable accommodation options are available in Amritsar including budget, luxury or star rated hotels. Prior to online booking consult authentic tour operators for cheap packages at discount rate.

Any trip to Amritsar is incomplete without paying a visit to Wagah Border (Indo-Pak border). Set 28 km away from Amritsar, Wagah Border is thronged by visitors in large numbers during the evening to see ‘Beating the Retreat’ ceremony. During Amritsar holidays you can also cover nearby destinations like Bhatinda (80 km), Jalandhar (83 km), Pathankot (112 km), Ludhiana (142 km), Jammu (220 km) and Chandigarh (217 km). Indian Railways runs trains from Amritsar to nearby places. You can get reservations done through online reservations system. The online system also provides rail related information like train enquiry, train availability, train tickets, railway ticket and ticket reservation.

About Guwahati City

Set in the pristine environs of Assam in the north-eastern part of India, Guwahati is the commercial capital of the state. Well connected to the rest of the country with regular flights and trains, Guwahati is visited by tourists and business travellers alike. While air travel is much quicker, Indian Railways also allows for online reservations making it equally convenient to travel to Guwahati by train. The main attractions in the city are of course the Brahmaputra River and the much revered Kamakhya Devi Temple. With the terrain and weather being favourable, Guwahati also serves as a starting base for trips to various places within Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. Inter state bus services are quite good and bus tickets as well as accommodation at various destinations can be easily booked. Most cheap holiday packages from Guwahati include train or bus bookings along with a range of hotels from budget to luxury properties.

Any trip to Guwahati includes Assam’s capital city Dispur, just 6 km away. Guwahati is an excellent base to cover major destinations of north east region of India. During Guwahati tour, pay a visit to Manas National Park (175 km) and Kaziranga National Park (215 km), and see one horned rhinos with several other faunal and floral species. Shillong (100 km), Orang National Park (115 km) and Tezpur (170 km) are other closeby destinations. Indian Railways serves Guwahati with trains from all over the country. From Guwahati you can visit nearby places by passenger or express trains. For rail journey, make reservations after enquiring about train availability, train tickets and ticket reservation.