Pune is a major transportation hub for Western Maharashtra. It serves as the gateway for the numerous hill stations in the Sahyadri Hills.

Travelling By Plane:

Pune airport is served by almost all Domestic carriers, the number of flights is limited due to the airport functioning primarily as a military facility.
Currently, International flights operate only to "Dubai and Singapore". If a getting a direct flight proves difficult, then taking a flight to Mumbai and then traveling by taxi or train to Pune is a feasible option. By long-distance private taxi, the journey should take around three hours and costs about Rs 1300-1400.

The airport is located in Lohegaon, which is around 20km from the city center, and takes about 45 minutes - 1 hour to reach.

Flights connecting with Pune :

• Jet Airways : Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai

• Indian : Bangalore, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad and Singapore

• Air Sahara : Delhi and Hyderabad

• Air Deccan : Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad

• Visa Airways : Mumbai

• Kingfisher : Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi,Kolkata

• IndiGo : Bangalore, Delhi and Nagpur

• Air India : Dubai

• SpiceJet : Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Delhi

• Swift Travels : Pune, Mumbai, and Delhi

Travelling By Train :

Pune is well connected to other Indian cities by rail, and in particular there is a very frequent service to Mumbai.

List of services connecting with Pune :

Pune connects the city to Howrah and Jammu by Azad Hind and Jhelum Express. The train covers Northern and Central India, connecting the cities of Bhopal, Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra, Delhi and Jammu.
 
List of super-express trains serving Pune are :

• Goa Exp: Vasco-da-Gama, Madgaon, Londa, Belgaum, Miraj, Sangli, Satara, Daund, Ahmednagar, Manmad, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra Cantt, Nizamuddin

• Deccan Queen Exp: Lonavala, Dadar, Mumbai CST

• Intercity Exp: Lonavala, Dadar, Mumbai CST

• Azad Hind Exp: Daund,Manmad, Nagpur, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Howrah.
• Hatutma Exp: Daund, Kurduwadi, Solapur

• Dadar - Chennai Central Exp: Dadar, Kalyan, Lonavala, Solapur, Gulbarga, Shahabad, Wadi, Raichur, Adoni, Guntakal, Cuddapah, Renigunta, Arakkonam, Chennai Central.

• Shatabdi Exp: Lonavala, Dadar, Mumbai CST

• Nagercoil Exp: Mumbai CST, Dadar, Thane, Kalyan, Karjat, Lonavala, Pune, Daund, Solarpur, Gulbarga, Wadi, Raichur, Adoni, Mantralayam Road, Guntakal, Gooty, Anantapur, Dharmavaram, Hindupur, Krishnarajapuram, Bangarapet, Kuppam, Tirpattur, Salem, Erode, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai,Tirunelveli, Virudanagar, Nagercoil.

• Coimbatore Exp: Lokmanya TilakTerminus, Thane, Kalyan, Karjat, Lonavala, Pune, Daund, Solapur, Gulbargar, Wadi, Raichur, Adoni, Mantralayam Road, Guntakal, Gooty, Anantapur, Dharmavaram, Hindupur, Bangalore East, Bangalore Cantt, Banglore City Jn, Hosur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore.

Travelling By Road :

Pune is served by three national highways (NH) and an expressway.

• It takes about three hours to get from Pune to Mumbai airport on the Pune-Mumbai Highway. Both private and state owned companies operate luxury buses on this route, and run 24 hours service with buses departing every fifteen minutes. MRSTC buses charge around Rs 185 (Non AC) and Rs 250 (AC) for the journey. NH 4 also connects Pune to Mumbai.

• NH 9 runs to Machhlipatnam, Andhra Pradesh and passes through Karnataka State and the cities of Solapur, Homnabad, Hyderabad and Vijaywada.

• NH 50 is an inter-state highway and connects the city with Nashik.

• Share Cabs operate on the popular Pune City Station to Dadar, Mumbai route. These taxis seat 4 to 5 people, and charge Rs200 per person.

In addition to the main bus station, the city also has three suburban stands:

• Shivaji Nagar : This bus stand serves buses for Vidarbha, Konkan, Marathwada and Northern Maharshtra. A few services connect with other cities in the neighboring state of Gujarat. Buses run by Gujarat Roadways run to Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Surat, Kandla and Rajkot. The bus station is located outside the Shivaji Nagar train station.

• Swargate : This bus stand serves buses covering Western Maharshtra and Alibag.

• Pune City Station : This bus stand mainly serves buses on the Mumbai route. Most services make a stop at Lonavala.

Travelling By PMPML City Bus:

City Buses in Pune are run by the PMPML. Almost all parts of the city are connected by the PMPML City Buses. Major city bus stands include Corporation, Shivaji Nagar, Swargate, Kothrud depot, Nigdi, Hadapsar, Katraj and Deccan.