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[[File:Karnataka locator map.svg|thumb|Karnataka map showing major roads]]
'''[[Karnataka]]''', a state in [[South India]] has a well-developed transport system. Its capital city, [[Bengaluru]] is well-connected by air to domestic and international destinations and the [[Kempegowda International Airport]] (KIA) in the city is one of the busiest airports in [[India]]. It was also the headquarters of the airlines [[Air Deccan]] and [[Kingfisher Airlines]]. The road transport is also well developed in the state with many National and State highways providing means for fast transportation. The headquarters of the South-Western Railway division of [[Indian Railways]] is located at [[Hubli|Hubballi]] and this division governs most of the railway network in the state. [[Konkan Railway]] which passes along the coastal region of the state is considered one of the toughest engineering projects being undertaken in India till date. Buses, cars and trains are the means of transport for moving across distant places in [[Karnataka]]. For transportation within the city or town limits; motorbikes, cars, [[autorickshaw]]s and buses are used. With the advent of low-cost airlines, many people are choosing to travel via air as well.

==Air transport==
{{see also|List of Airports in Karnataka}}
[[Mangaluru]] and [[Bengaluru]] are the only two cities in the state that have International flights operating from their airports. [[Kempegowda International Airport]] is host to 9 domestic airlines and 19 international airlines and [[Lufthansa]], [[British Airways]], [[Air France]], [[Singapore Airlines]] and [[Malaysia Airlines]], connecting the city to almost 50 destinations across India and the world. With Bengaluru being the 'IT capital' of India, the air traffic to this city has increased manifold.

'''[[Mangalore International Airport]]''' on the other hand connects 7 international destinations which includes [[Dubai]], [[Bahrain]], [[Qatar]], [[Dammam]], [[Kuwait]], [[Abu Dhabi]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]] and domestic destinations like [[Mumbai]], [[Delhi]], [[Bengaluru]], [[Calicut]], [[Chennai]]. [[Mangalore International Airport]] has recorded 28.1% annual growth in passenger traffic for the year 2015-2016 by carrying 1.67 million passengers, making it the fastest growing airport in the state.

[[Hubballi Airport|'''Hubli Airport''']] is one of the major operational airports serving northern Karnataka. Currently '''[[Indigo]] [[Airlines]]''' have started its operation

'''[[Mysore Airport]]''' Many airlines disconnected the service from mysore as flights which plied to [[Kempegowda International Airport|Kempegowda International airport]] did not go well. New routes of air service were introduced under the UDAAN scheme to Hyderabad and chennai everyday which received great response. Additional to that the state operates flights from bangalore to mysore during dasara festival. The airport landed in major controversies with the runway expansion. A decision was taken to build an underpass as it was blocked by rail route and a national highway connecting [[Kozhikode]] - a first kind in the country. Plans are to develop this major tourist destination's airport to an international service as there is competition now from the upcoming [[Kannur International Airport]].

'''[[Belgaum Airport|Belagavi Airport]]''' is the Oldest and north Karnataka busiest airport and the Major Airport in [[North Karnataka]] serving Belgaum city, Part of Goa and southernmost part of Maharashtra, [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air(India)]] [[Indigo Airlines (American airline)|Indigo]] [[Star Air (India)|Star air]] [[SpiceJet|To]] [[Bangalore]] , [[Air India]] started operation to Bangalore four days a week Mon, thu, fri, Sun including Pune. Spicejet operates daily flights to Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mangalore and Jabalpur. And also Star air operates daily flights to Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

'''[[Kalaburagi Airport]]''' is the newest operational airport in Karnataka serving direct flights to Bengaluru and has expansion plans to the other locations in near future.

There are airports at [[Bellary Airport]] and [[Bidar Airport]] that do not have any air service. In addition, there are private airstrips at [[Sedam Airport]], Koppal Airport and [[Harihar Airport]].

[[Shimoga Airport|Shivamogga Airport]], [[Hassan Airport, Karnataka|Hassan Airport]], [[Bijapur Airport]] are being built under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.

===Planned===
*[[Shimoga Airport]]
*[[New Bellary airport]]
*[[Hassan Airport, Karnataka|Hassan Airport]]
*[[Karwar Airport]]
*[[Raichur Airport]]
*[[Bijapur Airport]]

== Rail transport ==
[[File:Mysore railway station.JPG|250px|right|thumb|[[Shatabdi Express]] parked at [[Mysore]] railway station]]
[[File:SWR railway map.png|thumb|Map of [[South Western Railway zone]]]]
The total length of rail track in Karnataka is 3089 km<ref name="trans">Statistics related to transportation in Karnataka is provided by {{cite web|url=http://iic.nic.in/iic2_bka.htm|work=Online webpage of Indian Investment Centre|publisher=Government of India|title=Karnataka|access-date=2007-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326015935/http://iic.nic.in/iic2_bka.htm|archive-date=26 March 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> For a long time after independence, the railway network in the state was under the [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern]] and [[Western Railway Zone (India)|Western]] railway zones which were headquartered at Chennai and Mumbai respectively. The South Western Zone, headquartered at [[Hubballi]] was created in 2003 thus fulfilling a long-standing demand of the state. Several parts of the state now come under this zone with the remaining being under Southern Railways. Coastal Karnataka is covered under the [[Konkan railway]] network, a project that is regarded as one of the feats of Indian engineering and included the construction of a bridge of length {{convert|2023|m|ft|0}} across the river [[Sharavathi]] at [[Honnavar]] and a tunnel of length {{convert|2960|m|ft|0}} at [[Karwar]]. Bengaluru, the capital city, is extensively connected with inter-state destinations while other important cities and towns in the state are not so well-connected.<ref name="rail1">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/dec252006/state143720061225.asp|title=Pilot project: GPS system on B’lore-Hubli Jan Shatabdi|work=Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2006-12-25|publisher=2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd.|access-date=2007-05-06}}</ref><ref name="rail2">{{cite web |url=http://www.ourkarnataka.com/issues/karnataka_railways.htm |author=GS Prasanna Kumar |title=Karnataka and Indian Railways, Colossal wastage of available resources or is it sheer madness of the authorities concerned |work=Online webpage of OurKarnataka.com |publisher=© 1998-00 OurKarnataka.Com, Inc |access-date=2007-04-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211025612/http://www.ourkarnataka.com/issues/karnataka_railways.htm |archive-date=2007-02-11 }}</ref><ref name="rail">The state of Railways in Karnataka is discussed by {{cite web |url=http://www.ourkarnataka.com/issues/karnataka_railways.htm |author=GS Prasanna Kumar |title=Karnataka and Indian Railways, Colossal wastage of available resources or is it sheer madness of the authorities concerned |work=Online webpage of OurKarnataka.com |publisher=© 1998-00 OurKarnataka.Com, Inc |access-date=2007-04-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211025612/http://www.ourkarnataka.com/issues/karnataka_railways.htm |archive-date=2007-02-11 }}</ref> The train connectivity within Karnataka has improved since K.H.Muniyappa, Member of Parliament from [[Kolar]]
constituency has been the Union Minister of State for Railways.
* [[Mangaluru]], one of the major cities in Karnataka now has a train service to other major cities like [[Bengaluru]], [[Mysuru]] started on 8 December 2007, but not directly to [[Hubballi]]. There is a proposed railway line between [[Hubli|Hubballi]] and [[Ankola]] to fulfill this demand.<ref>http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article1401870.ece</ref>
* Shivamogga-Talaguppa, Mysore-Chamarajanagar meter-gauge tracks has been converted to broad-gauge. There is a direct train service from [[Mysuru]] to [[Talaguppa]] which is very close to the world-famous [[Jog Falls]].An announcement regarding the extension of Bangalore-Shivamogga Express (night train) to [[Talaguppa]] has been made in the [[Railway Budget]] 2012–13. There are 4 direct passenger trains running from [[Mysuru]] to [[Chamarajanagar]] and a Chamarajanagar-Tirupati fast passenger which connects to the state capital [[Bengaluru]] via [[Mysuru]].
* District capital like [[Madikeri]] is not connected by a rail network. A rail link to [[Madikeri]] would be difficult since it is a hill station and any construction activity would harm the pristine environment.
* The district of [[Kodagu]] has no railway track within it. However a survey is under progress to link [[Mysuru]] with [[Kushalnagar]] in [[Kodagu]] district.
* Doubling of the track between [[Bengaluru]] and [[Mysuru]] (a line that receives very good patronage) is already completed.
* Though the state has [[Konkan Railway]] within it; it has remained isolated with no trains running from other parts of the state ( except [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]] )to places that exist on the [[Konkan Railway]].

The superfast [[Shatabdi Express]] trains run from [[Bengaluru]] to [[Chennai]] and [[Mysuru]]. A ''Jan Shatabdi'' express runs from [[Bengaluru]] to [[Hubballi]] and this is the first train in India that has been fitted with a GPS (Global Position System) based Location Announcement System. Using this system, the passengers are announced apriori the arrival of a station.<ref name="rail3">The state of Railways in Karnataka is discussed by {{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec252006/state143720061225.asp|title=Pilot project: GPS system on B’lore-Hubli Jan Shatabdi|work=Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2006-12-25|publisher=2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd.|access-date=2007-05-06}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> [[Konkan Railway]] is an engineering marvel; the construction of which included the bridge across the river [[Sharavathi]] at [[Honnavar]] of length 2,023 m and a tunnel at [[Karwar]] of length 2,960 m.

A high-end luxury train operated by the Tourism Department of Karnataka [[The Golden Chariot]] covers the places of interest in [[Karnataka]] and [[Goa]] under the tour name "Pride of the South". Places Covered: Bengaluru - Kabini/Bandipur - Mysuru - Hassan - Hampi - Gadag - Goa - Bengaluru.
The same train covers the places of interest in [[Karnataka]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] with a different tour name "Southern Splendour". Places Covered: Bengaluru - Chennai - Mamallapuram - Pondicherry - Tiruchirapalli & Thanjavur - Madurai - Kanyakumari - Thiruvananthapuram - Backwaters & Kochi / Allepey - Bengaluru.

== Water transport ==
{{See also|Ports of Karnataka}}

Karnataka has 1 major port; the [[New Mangalore Port|New Mangaluru Port]] and 10 minor ports; [[Karwar]], Belekeri, Tadri, [[Honnavara]], [[Bhatkal]], [[Kundapur]], Hangarkatta, [[Malpe]], [[Padubidri]] and Old [[Mangaluru]].<ref name="ports">Ports in Karnataka are mentioned by {{cite web|url=http://www.karnatakaports.in/our_ports.htm|title=Minor Ports of Karnataka|work=Online Webpage of Karnataka Ports Department|publisher=Government of Karnataka|access-date=2007-05-06}}</ref> The construction of the [[New Mangalore Port|New Mangaluru Port]] was started in 1962 and completed in 1974. It was incorporated as the 9th major port in [[India]] on 4 May 1974. This port handled 32.04 million tonnes of traffic in the fiscal year 2006–07 with 17.92 million tonnes of imports and 14.12 million tonnes of exports.<ref name="manport">Details related to [[New Mangalore Port|New Mangaluru Port]] is provided by {{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/07/stories/2007040705571500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001011224/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/07/stories/2007040705571500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-10-01|title=Slowdown in traffic at New Mangalore Port|access-date=2007-05-06|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2007-04-07}}</ref> This was actually a slowdown in traffic at this port compared to the previous fiscal year mainly due to the reduction in iron ore exports from the Kudremukha Iron Ore Company limited. The port also handled 1015 vessels including 18 cruise vessels during the year 2006–07.<ref name="manport" /> The sector of Inland water transport within the rivers of Karnataka is not well-developed.

== Road transport ==
{{See also|List_of_National_Highways_in_India#Karnataka|l1=List of National Highways in Karnataka|List of State Highways in Karnataka}}
[[File:City bus in Mysore.jpg|thumb|City bus in Mysore]]
Among the network of roads in Karnataka, 3973 km. of roads are [[National Highway (India)|National Highways]].<ref name="nh">National Highways in Karnataka are mentioned by {{cite web|url=http://www.kar.nic.in/pwd/mis2005/Map%201%20of%20MIS%20report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615001645/http://www.kar.nic.in/pwd/mis2005/Map%201%20of%20MIS%20report.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-15 |format=PDF |title=National Highways in Karnataka |work=Online Webpage of Karnataka Government |access-date=2007-05-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Karnataka also has [[State Highway (India)|state highways]] of length 9829 km.

The public bus transport in Karnataka is managed by the [[Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation]]. It was set up in 1961 with the objective of providing adequate, efficient, economic and properly coordinated road transport services.<ref name="ksrtc">A brief discussion on KSRTC is provided by {{cite web|url=http://ksrtc.in/about_ksrtc.htm |title=About KSRTC |work=Online webpage of KSRTC |publisher=KSRTC |access-date=2007-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420114315/http://www.ksrtc.in/about_ksrtc.htm |archive-date=2007-04-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It operates 5100 schedules using 5400 vehicles covering 1.95 million kilometres and an average of 2.2 million passengers daily. About 25000 people are employed in Corporation For better management of public transport, Corporation was bifurcated into three Corporations viz., Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Bengaluru on 15 August 1997, North-west Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, Hubballi on 1 November 1997 and North-East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, Gulbarga on 1 October 2000. The reservation system is networked and computerised and tickets can be availed at designated kiosks in towns and cities. An online reservation system called ''AWATAR'' has also been devised by Corporation using which travellers can reserve tickets online. Corporation plies various categories of buses viz. Ambaari Dream Class AC Sleeper (Volvo), Airavat Club-Class (high-end luxury Volvo, Scania, Mercedes-Benz multi-axle AC buses), Airavat (high-end luxury Volvo and Mercedes Benz AC buses), Ambaari(Corona AC and non AC Sleeper buses), Rajahamsa Executive (Deluxe buses built on Leyland, Eicher and Tata chassis), Karnataka Vaibhav (Semi-Deluxe buses built on Leyland, Eicher and Tata chassis), Karnataka Saarige (Bus service linking rural areas to major settlements as well as the cheapest alternative for inter-city or town routes. The buses are built on Tata and Leyland chassis). ''Grameena Sarige'' is another initiative by corporation to provide bus service to the rural populace of the state.

Buses run by private persons are allowed to operate in few districts of Karnataka.Inter district transportation are run by private operators, connecting capital Bengaluru and main cities like [[Mangaluru]] and [[Dharwad]] to district headquarters. Intra district transportation by private operators is currently allowed in [[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Udupi]] districts. Omni bus and Maxi cabs are also other modes of road transportation in the state, especially where KSRTC does not buses or run very few.



==See also==
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* [[Transport in India]]

== References ==
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