Jalgaon: Jalgaon is an important junction station on Howrah-Bombay, Delhi-Bombay and Delhi-Madras railways. Bombay Mail at 19-20, Karla Exp at 11-20, Ahmedabad Exp at 20-40 leave Howrah and reach Jalgaon next day at 23-35, 20-55, 3-45 respectively. Gitanjali does not stop at Jalgaon. Distance of Jalgaon from Calcutta 1549 km, from Bombay 419 km. It would be wise to get down at Jalgaon on the way to Bombay, take an auto or tanga for bus stand and cover Ajanta and Ellora by buses. Ajanta Caves are 59 km from Jalgaon stn; buses ply in 2 hr. But Jalgaon-Aurangabad service buses (every 1 hr) would let you get down 2 km away from the Caves on NH. Hence Ajanta tourists should avail Ajanta-bound buses. Gitanjali passengers can get down at Bhus-wal, 25 km before Jalgaon at 13-45 and take a bus from there to 80 km dist Ajanta in 3 hr via Fardapur, Leave your bag and baggage at cloakroom or private shop in Jhupri (settlement), see Ajanta, then take another bus to Aurangabad. Buses ply every ! hour along this route and take 4 hr to cover 103 km distance. Taxis and tourist cars are also available. You can spend the night at Aurangabad, see Ellora and Aurangabad next day, continue through Manmad to Sirdhi/ Nasik and on to Bombay. Or you can take a bus from Aurangabad and go to 226 km distant Pune. See Pune, Mahabaleshwar, Satara and go on to Goa. State and private buses ply from Pune/Satara to Panaji. Miraj Exp from Bombay and Goa Exp from Hazrat Niza-muddin go through Pune; Passenger trains leaves from Pune. Cover Goa and take a ship from Panaji to Bombay. You can also go straight to Bombay, tour
