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Air
Nearest airport Imphal (7
km. from downtown.)
Indian Airlines/Alliance Air and Jet Airways connect Imphal
with Delhi (3 hrs. 45 min.), Kolkata (one hr.,), Guwahati
(50 min.), Aizawl (30 min.), Jorhat (35 min.) and Silchar
(30 min.)
Taxis Tourist taxis (about
Rs. 150) and auto-rickshaws are available at the airport
for transfer to the city.
Indian Airlines, Enquiry
Tel. 2208868, Reservations Tel. 220999.
Jet Airways, Enquiries and
Reservations Tel. 230834-6, Airport Tel. 227499, 228607.
By Rail
Nearest Railhead Dimapur,
(on the North-East Frontier Railway (NFF), in Nagaland,
215 km away.)
Regular bus services to Imphal are available from Dimapur.
The journey takes around 9 hours.
Jiribam- The other railway station is Jiribam, a small
town on Manipur's border, 225 km. away.
Contact Railway Out-agency
(for reservations) : MSRTC Complex, Moirangkhom
Tel. 220823
By Road
Imphal is connected by road to all the important cities
in the North-East.
One can reach Imphal by road from Silchar in Assam by NH
53. Buses are available and take about 10 hrs. to cover
the distance of 224 km. NH 39 connects Imphal to Dimapur.
Road distances
Kohima - 123 km., Agartala - 465 km., Guwahati - 579 km.,
Aizawl - 374 km., Kaziranga - 346 km., Shillong - 643 km.,
Itanagar - 413 km.
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