Ambala

Ambala is a city in Haryana in North India.

Understand
Ambala is essentially a twin city consisting of Ambala Cantonment and Ambala City, 3 km apart, which between them are home to around half a million people. Established in 1843, it is one of the oldest cantonments in India and one of the oldest district of India: the first commissioner took charge in 1855. It is famous for its food, wholesale and cloth markets.

By plane
Ambala does not have a civilian airport; the nearest civil airport is at Chandigarh which is well connected by air to other Indian cities, approximately 40 km away via the Ambala-Chandigarh Expressway.

By train
Ambala Cantonment junction is one of the most famous and biggest junctions of north India. It is connected by the high speed rajdhani, shatabdi trains to all major cities of India. It is the headquarters of division railway which spans four states. Four broad gauge rail lines serve Ambala.
 * 1) towards Delhi (via Panipat)
 * 2) towards Delhi (via Barara, Yamunanagar, Saharanpur, Meerut) also connects to Dehrudun, Haridwar etc.
 * 3) towards Kalka (for Chandigarh and Himachal)
 * 4) towards Amritsar/ Jammu also connects to Patiala, Bathinda, Sri Ganganagar



By car
Ambala is situated on a confluence of major highways. Most important is NH 44 Delhi - Amritsar, apart from this NH22 from Ambala to Shipkila international border via Shimla starts here. same way Ambala-Jodphur NH 152 originates here which goes up to Pali. NH 7 to Dehradun via Himachal and NH 344 also goes past Ambala.

By bus
Ambala Cantonment bus stand is situated on the main national highway. It is just opposite the railway station of Indian railway system which makes it most appropriate. It is well connected interstate bus terminus. Here one can get buses from Udhampur in Jammu to Kota in Rajasthan or Gwalior or Bhind in Madhya Pradesh. All sorts of luxury, AC, video coach buses are available round the clock for all destinations in north India.

Get around
In Ambala local transport depends upon in which part of city you are. Both government and private buses run on all of the major roads, and both auto and cycle rickshaws are also easy to find.

By taxi

 * Mahajan Cabs