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Getting There
Fort Calcutta is located in the heart of the city and offers plenty
of hotels at its vicinity and auto rickshaws can be hired from anywhere
of Faizabad to reach the fort.
Faizabad is situated on National
Highway 28 and has good connectivity with Kanpur(213 km), Lucknow (127 km),
Varanasi (202 km), Allahabad (161 km) and Gorakhpur (165 km). The state
government's Road Transport Service runs regular and frequent buses to and
from these cities. NH27 connects Lucknow to Barauni via Faizabad and
Gorakhpur whilst NH330 connects Faizabad to Allahabad via Sultanpur. Nawab
Yusuf Road connects Faizabad to Varanasi via Jaunpur, NH330A connectes
Faizabad to Raibareli via Kumarganj & Jagdishpur.
The Indian Railways network
connects Faizabad (Faizabad Railway Station) directly with Kanpur (4 hours)
Lucknow (3 hours.), Varanasi (4 hours.) and Allahabad (5 hours). Ayodhya
Junction is the second major railway station within the Faizabad city which
is situated at south end of the city.
Faizabad has an old airport named
Faizabad Airport
and it is use as flying school at Naka along National Highway 28 (NH28). No
commercial scheduled flights operate in this Airport.
The nearest airport from
Faizabad is Chaudhary Charan
Singh International Airport at Lucknow, about 128 kilometers from
Faizabad. The Airport is well connected to other cities in India such as
New Delhi, Mumbai, Agra, Chennai and Bangalore. From the Airport you can
hire cabs or take a train to reach Faizabad.
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