Map of India showing the location of Kanpur

Located alongside the Grand Trunk Road (Calcutta to New Delhi) IIT Kanpur is nearly 16kms away from the Kanpur central railway station. Being located on the national corridor of railways the city of Kanpur is well connected with the rest of India by rail services.

Links with North India:

Shatabdi Exp. to Lucknow, Gomti Exp., Prayagraj Exp., Sangam Exp., Link Exp., Hatia-Pathankot (Tata-Moori) Exp., Barauni Exp., Marudhar Exp., Howrah-Jodhpur Exp., Patna Rajdhani, Magadh Exp., and Chitrakut Exp..

Links with Eastern India:

Howrah Rajdhani (1&2) Sealdah Rajdhani, Guwahati Rajdhani, Bhubaneswar Rajdhani, Hatia Rajdhani (to Jharkhand), North East Exp., Brahmaputra Mail, Purusottam Exp., Neelachal Exp., Puri-New Delhi Superfast, Swarnajayanti Jharkhand Exp., Poorva Exp., Howrah-Kalka exp., and Toofan Mail.

Links with Western India:

Puspak Exp., Kushinagar Exp., Avadh Exp. and Sabarmati Exp..

Links with Southern India:

Rapti Sagar Exp., Lucknow-Madras Exp., Kochin-Gorakhpur Exp., Gorakhpur-Bglr Exp. and Gorakhpur-Secunderabad Exp.. Otherwise participants coming from southern states may travel by other super fast trains till Jhansi and take a connecting train to Kanpur Central.

For Foreign visitors-

You may take a flight to New Delhi/Calcutta/Bombay and then a flight to Lucknow. From Lucknow taxi takes about 2 hours to reach Kanpur. Alternatively you may take a train from Delhi to kanpur. It is advisable to take a train from Delhi to Kanpur. Following are good trains run from Delhi to Kanpur which require prior booking of seat. All the foreign participants are requested to send their personal and passport details to the Organising Secretary.
 

List of Trains:            Link to Indian Railways

Train No. Train Name              Origin Dep.     Time     Destination                 Arr.Time                         Days Of Run
                                                                                                                                                                   M  T  W  T  F  S  S
2004      LUCKNOW SHTBDI  NEW DELHI  06:20     KANPUR CENTRAL      11:10                         Y   Y   Y  Y  Y  N  Y
2036      LUCKNOW SHTBDI  NEW DELHI  06:20     KANPUR CENTRAL      11:10                         N  N   N  N  N Y  N
2306      KOLKATA RJDHNI   NEW DELHI  17:00     KANPUR CENTRAL       21:50                         Y  N   N  N  N N  N
2306A   KOLKATA RJDHNI  NEW DELHI  17:00      KANPUR CENTRAL       21:50                        N  N   N  N  Y  N N
2310     PATNA RAJDHANI    NEW DELHI  17:15     KANPUR CENTRAL       22:05                         N N   N  Y   N  N  Y
2314     SEALDAH RJDHANI  NEW DELHI  16:45     KANPUR CENTRAL       21:32                         N Y    Y  N   Y   Y N
2422    BUBNESWR RJDHNI  NEW DELHI  17:15     KANPUR CENTRAL       22:05                         Y N    N N   Y   N N
2424  +GUWHATI RAJDHNI  NEW DELHI  14:00     KANPUR CENTRAL       18:50                         N Y    Y  N   N   Y N
2440    HATIA RAJDHANI       NEW DELHI  16:45    KANPUR CENTRAL        21:32                        Y N   N  N    N  N N
 

* Please note: (For all those participants who will come in train to Kanpur)
After getting down from the platform hire a taxi or an auto to IIT Kanpur Campus. The fare is about:

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