Transport in Surat

Different types of public transport in Surat

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Transport in Surat[1] is shared by public and private transport. Surat, India has Rapid Transport System with BRTS Surat, Surat Metro (Under Construction), Railways etc. Surat has 861 Buses.[2][3]

## Road

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### Bus

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* Surat City Bus
* Surat BRTS also Known As Sitilik
* GSRTC

### Taxis

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Surat has taxi services which primarily operate around Surat Railway station.[citation needed] Surat also has private cab services such as Ola Caba, Uber, and Jugnoo. There are also self-driving car rental services, with private companies like Just Drive.

### Rickshaws

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Auto rickshaws are the most commonly used mode of public transport in Surat.[citation needed]

## Rail

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### Railway

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Surat railway station is the main railway station of Surat along with Gothangam, Kosad, Utran, Udhna Junction, Bhestan, Niyol, Maroli and Sachin. It is the 2nd busiest railway station after Borivali in the Mumbai division of Western Railways, and is soon to be developed as a Multi-Modal Transportation Hub (MMTH).[4][5][6][7]

### Metro

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Main article: Surat Metro

Surat Metro is under Construction. It has 2 lines, the Green Line and the Red Line, and contains 38 stations.[8]

### Bullet Train

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Surat will be part of the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor, also known as the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train.[9][10][11]

## Ferry

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Surat has Ferry Service operating from Hazira to Ghogha of Bhavnagar District.[12][13][14] This service is 90 km long and operates twice a day.[citation needed]

## Air

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Surat International Airport is the nearest airport to Surat[15] with direct connectivity to Sharjah and Dubai.

Surat Airport is also connected via major cities of India, such as Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Coimbatore, Diu, Goa–Dabolim, Goa–Mopa, Indore, Jaipur, Udaipur, Pune Belgaum, and Kishangarh, operated by major airlines like Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Star Air.

The expanded terminal of Surat International Airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 17, 2023.[16]

## See also

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* Transport in India

## References

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1. ^ "India's first MMTH to be ready by Dec 2026". The Times of India. 2 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
2. ^ www.ETInfra.com. "Surat City has only 861 buses for 70 lakh population - ET Infra". ETInfra.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
3. ^ "GSRTC to run 2,200 extra buses from Surat during Diwali, says Sanghavi". The Indian Express. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
4. ^ "Surat railway station redevelopment project! 5 facts you should know". www.timesnownews.com. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
5. ^ "Surat, Udhna railway stations to be multi-model transport hubs". The Indian Express. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
6. ^ "Surat railway station: IRSDC takes steps to make multi-modal transport hub project attractive to developers". Financialexpress. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
7. ^ "Surat railway station to undergo transformation that accentuates world class infrastructure & passenger amenities". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
8. ^ PTI (27 June 2023). "Titagarh Rail Systems bags Rs 857 cr order for Surat Metro Rail". ThePrint. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
9. ^ www.ETInfra.com. "JICA signs largest loan agreement for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train - ET Infra". ETInfra.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
10. ^ "NHSRCL: National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited". nhsrcl.in. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
11. ^ "Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project: Stations begin to take shape! A progress report on India's Bullet Train project construction". Financialexpress. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
12. ^ Rathod, Shreya (9 November 2023). "Inside The Ghogha Hazira RO-RO Ferry Which Connects Surat To Saurashtra!". Curly Tales. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
13. ^ "6.49L used Ro-Ro service in 3 years". The Times of India. 20 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
14. ^ "Cyclone Biparjoy: Ferry services between Hazira in Surat and Ghogha in Bhavnagar suspended". The Indian Express. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
15. ^ Livemint (17 December 2023). "Surat International Airport's capacity to triple with new terminal inauguration". mint. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
16. ^ "PM Modi inaugurates new terminal at Surat airport". The Economic Times. 18 December 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

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* Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway
* Mumbai Suburban Railway
* Pune Suburban Railway

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Under
construction

* Bengaluru Suburban Railway
* Delhi–Alwar Regional Rapid Transit System

Planned|

* Ahmedabad Suburban Railway
* Nagpur broad-gauge Metro

Proposed|

* Delhi–Sonipat–Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System

Rapid
transit|

| Operational|

* Agra Metro
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Under
construction|

* Bhoj Metro (Bhopal)
* Patna Metro
* Surat Metro
* Bhubaneswar Metro
* Meerut Metro

Planned|

* Chandigarh Metro
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* Gorakhpur Metro
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* Jabalpur Metro
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Proposed|

* Bareilly Metro
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* Thane Metro
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Monorail|

| Operational|

* Mumbai Monorail

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Proposed|

* Aizawl Monorail
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* Warangal Monorail

Cancelled|

* Bengaluru Monorail
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* Kolkata Monorail
* Pune Monorail
* Tiruchirappalli Monorail
* Goa Skybus Metro

Metrolite|

| Planned|

* Gorakhpur Metro
* Greater Nashik Metro
* Kolkata Light Rail Transit
* Kozhikode Light Metro

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Proposed|

* Prayagraj Metro
* Uttarakhand Metro

Cancelled|

* Chennai Metrolite
* Delhi Metrolite

Tram|

| Operational|

* Kolkata Tram

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Defunct|

* Bhavnagar Tram
* Chennai Tram
* Delhi Tram
* Kanpur Tram
* Kochi Tram
* Mumbai Tram
* Nashik Tram
* Patna Tram

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Surat topics

History|

* Portuguese Empire
* British East India Company
* Baghdadi Jewish
* 1837 Surat fire
* 1994 Plague epidemic in surat
* Bombay Presidency
* Battle of Swally
* Indian independence movement
* Mahatma Gandhi
* Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
* Dawoodi Bohra
* 2001 Gujarat earthquake
* Battle of Surat
* Diamond Research and Mercantile City
* 2006 Surat flood

Geography|

* River Tapti
* Gulf of Cambay
* Gopi Talav

Civic|

* Surat Municipal Corporation
* Surat Urban Development Authority
* Surat Metropolitan Region
* Surat district
* Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)
* Navsari (Lok Sabha constituency)
* Surat City Police

Economy|

* Diamond Polishing
* Textiles
* Surat Diamond Bourse
* ONGC
* GAIL
* ABG Shipyard
* Narmada Cement
* Ambuja Cement
* UltraTech Cement
* NTPC Kawas
* ESSAR Group
* Larsen & Toubro
* RIL HMD
* Krishak Bharati Cooperative
* GSPC
* Gujarat Gas
* Shell
* LNG
* Naiko Gas

Landmarks|

* Mughal Sarai
* Blues Adventures
* Chintamani Jain Temple
* Dutch Garden
* Surat Castle
* The Sardar Patel Museum
* Jawaharlal Nehru Garden
* The Dutch Cemetery
* Saraswati Mandir
* Science Centre
* Kavi Narmad Central Library
* Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Surat Municipal Zoo
* Tapi Riverfront

Ports & beaches|

* Port of Magdalla
* Hazira
* Dumas Beach
* Suvali Beach
* Ubhrat Beach

Transport|

* Surat Airport
* Surat railway station
* Udhna Junction
* Surat Metro
* Golden Quadrilateral
* Udhana-Navsari Highway
* Gaurav Path
* Morarji Desai Setu
* Cable Bridge Surat
* National Highway 8
* Ghod Dod Road
* Auto rickshaw
* National Highway 6
* National Highway 228

Culture|

* Navratri
* Diwali
* Ganesh Chaturthi
* Uttarayan
* Makar Sankranti
* Chandi Padvo
* Gujarat Pride

Education|

* Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
* Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
* Gujarat Technological University
* Sir P.T. Sarvajanik College of Science
* Indian Diamond Institute
* J.H. Ambani Saraswati Vidyamandir

Hospital|

* Government Medical College and New Civil Hospital
* Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research
* Wockhardt Hospitals
* Apple Hospital
* Kiran Hospital

Media|

* Gujarat Mitra
* Gujarat Samachar
* Sandesh
* Divya Bhaskar
* Rajsthan Patrika
* Radio Mirchi
* Radio City
* 94.3 FM
* Big FM
* Vividh Bharati

Sports|

* Gujarat cricket team
* Lalbhai Contractor Stadium
* CB Patel International Cricket Stadium

Other topics|

* Category:Surat
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Public transport

Bus service|

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* Transit bus
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Rail|

* Passenger rail terminology
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* Suspension railway
* Tram
* Cable car
* Horsecar
* Light rail
* Tram-train

Vehicles
for hire|

* Auto rickshaw taxi
* Boda boda
* Combination bus
* Cycle rickshaw
* Demand-responsive transport
* Microtransit
* Paratransit
* Dollar van
* Dolmuş
* Hackney carriage
* Jeepney
* Limousine
* Motorcycle taxi
* Marshrutka
* Nanny van
* Personal rapid transit
* Pesero
* Public light bus
* Pulled rickshaw
* Share taxi
* Songthaew
* Taxi
* Tuk tuk

Carpooling|

* Car jockey
* Flexible carpooling
* Real-time ridesharing
* Slugging
* Vanpool

Ship|

* Cable ferry
* Ferry
* Gondola
* Hovercraft
* Hydrofoil
* Ocean liner
* Vaporetto
* Water taxi

Cable|

* Aerial tramway
* Cable ferry
* Cable railway
* Elevator
* Funicular
* Gondola lift
* bicable
* tricable
* Inclined elevator

Other
transport|

* Airline
* Airliner
* Carsharing
* Bicycle-sharing
* Scooter-sharing
* Elevator
* Escalator
* Horse-drawn vehicle
* Hyperloop
* Inclined elevator
* Moving walkway
* Personal transporter
* Robotaxi
* Shweeb
* Slope car
* Trackless train
* Vactrain

Locations|

* Airport
* Bus bulb
* Bus garage
* Bus lane
* Bus stand
* Bus station
* Bus stop
* Bus turnout (bus bay)
* Dry dock
* Ferry terminal
* Hangar
* Harbor
* Interchange station
* Kassel kerb
* Layover
* Metro station
* Park and ride
* Port
* Queue jump
* Taxicab stand
* Train station
* Tram stop
* Transit mall
* Transport hub

Ticketing
and fares|

* Automated fare collection
* Bus advertising
* Contract of carriage
* Dead mileage
* Exit fare
* Fare avoidance
* Fare capping
* Fare evasion
* Free public transport
* Free travel pass
* Integrated ticketing
* Manual fare collection
* Money train
* Paid area
* Penalty fare
* Proof-of-payment
* Reduced fare program
* Transfer
* Transit pass

Routing|

* Circle route
* Cross-city route
* Network length
* Non-revenue track
* Radial route
* Transport network

Facilities|

* Checked baggage
* First class
* Sleeper
* Standing passenger
* Travel class

Scheduling|

* Bus bunching
* Clock-face scheduling
* Headway
* Night (owl) service
* On-time performance
* Public transport timetable
* Short turn

Politics|

* Airport security
* Complete streets
* Green transport hierarchy
* Farebox recovery ratio
* Rail subsidies
* Security
* Street hierarchy
* Transit district
* Transit police
* Transportation authority
* Transportation demand management
* Transportation planning
* Transit-oriented development (TOD)

Technology
and signage|

* Destination sign
* Passenger information system
* Platform display
* Platform screen doors
* Smart cards
* CIPURSE
* Calypso
* Ticket machine
* Timetable
* Transit map

Models|

* Finnish models
* Karlsruhe model
* Zurich model

Other topics|

* Boarding
* Bus rapid transit creep
* Crush load
* Dwell time
* Hail and ride
* Land transport
* Outline of transport
* Passenger load factor
* Planka.nu
* Public good
* Request stop
* Service
* Sustainable transport
* Timing point
* Transport economics
* Micromobility

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Rail|

* Ministry of Railways
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* Railways Act, 1989
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Air|

* Ministry of Civil Aviation
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Water|

* Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
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* Inland Waterways Authority of India
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* List of ports
* National Waterways Act, 2016

Places|

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Kerala|

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* Mumbai
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Telangana|

* Hyderabad

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Union territories|

* AN
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