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How To Reach Goa


Goa the famous beach destination of India is a major tourist destination of the country not only visited by Indian but foreign nationals too. Goa can be reached easily from any corner of India. Goa is very well connected to the rest of India via many national highways, railways and through airways. Goa International Airport also known as Dabolim Airport is the major airport located in the state which is served by various Indian and International flight operators. While Madgaon Railway Station is the main railway station of Goa which connects Goa with both South and North India.

How To Reach Goa – By Road By Train By Air

Tourists can easily reach goa via all modes of transport. Goa is well connected to other part of the country by all three modes of transport. Below is the informations how tourist can reach Goa from different parts of India.

How to Reach Goa By Train

Madgaon Railway Station is the major railway station where most of the trains have a stoppage. There are a number of direct trains from cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata , Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. Trains are great alternatives to flights from nearby cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, and Pune.

Another station located in Goa is Thivim Railway station which is not so popular but it is the nearest station to North Goa beaches. Traveling to Goa by Trains can be the cheapest way to reach Goa and comfortably too.

Train Name Train No. Departure Operation
Ernakulam
Mangala Express  2617  12 : 45  Daily 
Ernakulam Pooma Express  1098  22 : 45  Mon 
Ernakulam Hapa Express  6338  19 : 55  Wed, Fri 
Marusagar Express  2977  19 : 55  Sun 
Gandhidham 
Gandhidham Nagercoil Express  6335  05 : 20  Fri 
Hapa
Ernakulam Hapa Express  6337  05 : 15  Mon, Sat 
Howrah 
Amravati Express 2847  23 : 30 Mon, Tue, Thr
Jaipur
Jaipur Emakulam Marusagar Expr  2978  10 : 05  Fri 
Jodhpur
Trivandrum Jodhpur Express  6311  00 : 45  Tue 
Mangalore
Matsyaganda Exp.  2620  14 : 40  Daily 
Mumbai
Netravati Express  6345  11 : 40  Daily 
Mandovi Express  0103  06 : 55  Daily 
Matsyagandha Express  2619  14 : 05  Daily 
Janashatabdi Express  2051  05 : 30  Except Wed 
Konkan Kanya Express  0111  23 : 00  Daily 
Nagercoil
Gandhidham Nagercoil Express  6336  13 : 30  Tue 
New Delhi
Emakulam Nizamuddin Mangala Ex  2618  09 : 20  Daily 
Goa Sampark Kranti Express  2450  07 : 30  Sat 
Rajdhani Express  2432  11 : 05  Tue, Sun 
Kerala Sampark Kranti Express  2654  14 : 00  Wed 
Okha
Okha Ernakulum Express  6337  01 : 50  Mon, Sat 
Pune
Emakulam Pooma Express  1097  23 : 10  Sat 
Trivandrum
Trivandrum Jodhpur Express  6312  15 : 15  Sat 
Trivandrum Veraval Express  6334  15 : 15  Mon 
Netravati Express  6346  10 : 00  Daily 
Rajdhani Express  2431  19 : 15  Tue, Thr 
Gandhidham Nagercoil Express  6336  15 : 15  Tue 

How to Reach Goa By Air (Flights)

Goa International Airport also called as Dabolim airport is the only airport in Goa served by various national and international carriers. Very few flights are connected directly to Goa Airport while most of the international flights arrive via Mumbai Airport.

Most of the domestic flights to and from Goa Aiport connects Goa with cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Jaipur, Chennai, Kozhikode and Ahemdabad. You can also book a charters flights to destinations like Switzerland, Russia, United Kingdom and Germany.

From Airport there ar number od taxi’s and cabs available just oiutside the airport entry.

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Vistara Delhi, Mumbai 1
VIM Airlines Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo 2
TruJet Chennai, Hyderabad, Rajahmundry 1
Thomson Airways Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick, Manchester (begins 2 November 2016) 2
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester 2
SpiceJet Ahmedabad (ends 15 April 2016),Bangalore (begins 16 April 2016), Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Madurai, Mumbai, Pune 1
RoyalFlight Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo 2
Qatar Airways Doha 2
Oman Air Muscat 2
Nordwind Airlines Seasonal: Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk 2
Mahan Air Seasonal: Tehran-Imam Khomeini 2
Jet Airways Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Indore, Kolkata 1
Jet Airways Seasonal: Abu Dhabi 2
IndiGo Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore (Begins 16 April 2016), Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Raipur (Begins 16 April 2016), Vadodara ( Begins 16th April 2016), Varanasi, Visakhapatnam 1
GoAir Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Mumbai 1
Finnair Seasonal: Dubai-Al Maktoum, Dubai–International, Helsinki 3
AirAsia India Bangalore, Delhi 1
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International 2
Air India Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune 1
Air India Bangalore, Chennai, Dubai–International, Kuwait, Moscow-Domodedovo, Mumbai, Muscat 2
Air Arabia Sharjah 2

Goa Airport Flight Arrival & Departure Status

Check the latest information about the Goa airport flights arrival and departure status . Live status of flights from and to Goa International airport. You can check both arrival and departure status of flight in below table –

How to Reach Goa By Road

There are number of buses to Goa available from various surrounding states of Goa. Most of the tourists who are coming to Goa by bus are from cities like Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Mangalore. There are number of daily buses from these cities which reaches Goa overnight.

State run buses are also available which connects it to the nearby cities. Kadamba Transport Corporation is name of Goa state buses. While other state buses also offers various bus facilities to Goa.

There are number of national highways with a total of 224 km that pases through the state Goa. While state highways comprises of about 232 km and 815 km of district highway. There are mainly two important highways passing through Goa. NH-17 which runs along the west coast of India connects Mumbai to Goa and Mangalore city to South India. NH-4A connects Panjim the capital city of Goa to Belagum which in turn links the state with the Deccan Cities. While NH-17A which is the extension of NH-17 and connects it with Cortalim.

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