Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology, Gwalior
About Gwalior City
City of Gwalior located on the extreme north of Madhya Pradesh is named after sage Gwalipa. It is famous as city of iconic composer and singer Tansen and also as city of the Scindia's. Its locational co-ordinates are 26.22º N and 78.18º E. It is located at a driving distance of 127 km south of Agra, and about 320 km south of Delhi. State capital Bhopal is approximately 424 km southwards from Gwalior.
Gwalior city is renowned for its fort, Palace of the Scindias, Tansen's tomb, institutions and Air Force base. Gwalior has the country's only BSF (Border Security Force) Academy. It also boasts of Lakshmi Bai National University for Physical Education, and R.M.T. Music and Arts University, the only of their kinds in entire India. Of course this city is also home to ABV-IIITM.
Getting Here
Gwalior is accessible by roads, railways and air. Gwalior Junction is among those few stations that is served by both broad gauge and narrow gauge railway lines. This junction station serves as a link to five directions: Agra, Jhansi, Shivpuri, Bhind, and Sheopur Kalan. All except Sheopur Kalan have broad gauge access with Gwalior. Though there are few direct trains connecting this city to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai, Gwalior falls en route on Delhi-Chennai and Delhi-Mumbai trains. Bhopal – New Delhi Shatabdi Express and Chennai – Delhi Rajdhani Express pass through Gwalior junction.
Trains between Gwalior and New Delhi/ Delhi – Jabalpur Nizamuddin Express, Nizamuddin Link Express, NizamuddinExpress, Grand Trunk Express, Goa Express, Tamil Nadu Express, Bhopal Express, Gondwana Express, Ujjaini Express, Mahakaushal Express, Karnataka Express, Kerala Express, Sachkhand Express, Utkal Express, Jhelum Express, Panch Valley Express, Punjab Mail, Chattisgarh Express, Patalkot Express, and Malwa Express connect Gwalior to Delhi. Bhopal - New Delhi Shatabdi Express and Chennai - Apart from these daily trains there are several trains that operate on certain days of a week. Journeys between Gwalior and New Delhi/ Delhi take about six or seven hours.
Trains connecting Gwalior to Mumbai – Amritsar Lokmanya Tilak Express, Punjab Mail, and Mangala Lakshadweep Express are daily trains connecting Gwalior to Mumbai. It takes a little over 24 hours to travel this distance of approximately 1500km.
Trains between Gwalior and Kolkata – Chambal Express is the only train plying between Gwalior and Kolkata and operates three days a week. A distance of approximately 1300km is covered in about 24 hours.
Trains connecting Gwalior to Chennai – Tamil Nadu Express and G.T. Express are daily trains operating between these two cities. In addition, Andaman Express plying three days a week, and Dehra Dun Madurai Express operating weekly are two other trains connecting Gwalior and Chennai. Chennai – New Delhi Rajdhani also connects Gwalior to both Delhi and Chennai. Travelling time between these two stations about 1850km distant is approximately 30 hours.
Apart from these four metropolitan cities, Gwalior is well connected with Agra, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Jhansi, Bhopal, Indore and Nagpur.
Local conveyance
Within the city, tempos and auto rickshaws are the main modes of conveyance. These tempos and auto rickshaws could be hired completely or ridden on shared basis. They ply throughout the city and even to adjoining areas.
Commuting to ABV-IIITM – ABV-IIITM is about 7 km from Gwalior railway station and about 12 km from city airport. Auto rickshaws and tempos are available from railway station to institute campus. From airport you could hire cabs or auto-rickshaws. The institute has its own bus service for carrying passengers to and from the institute to important locations of the city.
Plane
Gwalior city is served by Rajmata Vijaye Raje Scindia airport. There are regular flights to Mumbai, Indore, Bhopal, and Jabalpur.
Bus
Roadway accessibility of Gwalior to other parts of India is excellent. National Highway (NH) 3 connecting Agra and Mumbai, and NH 75 connecting Gwalior and Parsora in Odhisa are the main interstate highways of this city. NH 3 originates in Agra and passes through Dhaulpur, Gwalior, Indore, Nasik, and Thane befor terminating in Mumbai. NH 75 begins from Gwalior and stretches upto Parsora via Jhansi, Panna, Satna, Daltonganj, Ranchi, Chakradharpur, and Chaibasa.