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Ranchi, capital of
Jharkhand, was once the summer capital of Bihar. Situated at a height of
2100 ft above the sea level Ranchi was one of the most important cities
in Bihar.
While at Ranchi -
Ranchi is linked to North, East, West and South by rail and to every
important part of the country by road and Patna-Delhi-Mumbai by air.
Rickshaws and Tempos are readily available on Rly. Station and bus
stands [Birsa {Khadgarha} bus stand and Ratu Bus Stand] to take you to
any part of the city almost 24 hours, but avoid late night movements.
Rickshaw and reserved tempo fare from both the stands to Albert Ekka (Firayalal)
chowk is negotiable which come to Rs. 10/- and 25/- to 35/-
respectively. You can have hotels to suit your purse near Rly. Station
and Bus Stands. From Ranchi town to different sites of sight seeing, you
can have regular bus service or you can charter taxi (private cars) or
hire tempo - fare is negotiable.
Luxury hotels, skyscraper
offices and air-conditioned shopping, doctors, surgeons and physicians
of national repute and their nursing homes and clinics, good hospitals,
medicine and diagnostic centers, beauty clinics and such other
facilities are enough to assure you to meet any eventualities and thwart
your anxieties.
AIR CONNECTION :
Ranchi is the only city of Jharkhand which is connected by a daily
airbus flight to Mumbai via Delhi, the capital of India. The flight time
to, nearest airport, Patna from Ranchi is 45 minutes. It is expected
that some more flights will be added soon. Kolkata, overnight by train,
is the nearest international airport.
TRAIN CONNECTION :
Ranchi is very well connected to other parts of the country. Direct
trains are there from Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, Patna. Trains from
Mumbai pass through Jamshedpur which is just 140 kms from Ranchi.
BUS CONNECTION :
Buses of the Jharkhand State Road Transport Corporation ply regularly to
connect Ranchi to the other parts of Jharkhand. Regular bus services are
there to Calcutta and other towns of neighboring states. Private buses
also ply regularly to Jamshedpur, Patna and Calcutta.
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