Transportation
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Railways
Farrukhabad comes under North Eastern Railways. Farrukhabad Junction is the biggest and important railway station on Lucknow-Mathura route (via Kanpur). Farrukhabad is well connected to cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Ajmer, Kanpur, Mathura, Agra and Amritsar. Few years down the line Farrukhabad will be connected to other important cities to promote trade, tourism, healthcare and education in the region. Railways is playing a major role in the economic development of the city.
Roadways
Farrukhabad is a part of Ganga Expressway, ambitious project worth of 40,000 crores to provide high speed connectivity between eastern and western parts of the state. The city has a bus station belonging to State Road Transport System. It is connected to all the nearby cities through various national and state highways. Common mode of road transport within the city are cars, motorcycles, buses, auto-rickshaws and peddal rickshaws.
Airways
Closest major airport is Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, 235 km away from Farrukhabad. Farrukhabad Airport has an airstrip at Mohammadabad so that in case of any natural calamity it can be reached easily by small aircraft and helicopters.
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