Important road links in Etawah district

Planned development of means of transportation and the construction of new roads are  undertaken by the public works department. In January 1999 the length of total metalled roads was 1279 Km.

Highways Passing through Etawah District.

Table for major metalled local roads in the district maintained by public works department.

Apart from these the municipal board, Etawah maintains 180 Km of roads within its limits . Roads are also constructed by the forest department to facilitate the export of forest produce in the area under its jurisdiction.

From the earliest times till the coming of railways, the usual means of transport and travel were palanquins, horses, camels, and vehicles drawn by bullocks, buffaloes, horses and camels. The Ekka and gari or bugee appear to have been developed during the Mughal period. With the construction of metalled roads speedy mechanised transport made its appearance. An economical and convenient means of transport, the bicycle is popular both in rural and urban areas. In urban areas the cycle-rickshaw is popular means of conveyance and has replaced ekkas and tongas.

Vehicular Traffic

Motor trucks and buses started operating in the district since the thirties. The following table gives the number of registered vehicles in the district

Bus Service.

Road transport was nationalised on certain routes in the state in 1947.  In1950 a sub-depot was set up at Etawah with a fleet of 20 vehicles which ranon Etawah-Kanpur and Etawah Farrukhabad routes. The U. P. State Transport Corporation constituted in 1972 operates on 17 route, on which 53 buses run daily from Etawah. The district is linked with all the adjoining districts of Kanpur, Jalaun, Farrukhabad, Mainpuri and Agra through these buses. Buses can be reserved for Sight-seeing marriage parties and other type of journeys.

Click here for Time table of  State transport buses Departing from Etawah.

Railways

The railways was opened for traffic in 1862 by the East India Railway. In November, 1951 the railways were regrouped and divided into zones. Etawah now lies on the northern railways with head quarters at New Delhi. The Delhi-Howarah mainline of the northern railways enters the district at Balarai  railway station and after traversing 35 Km in the east it reaches Etawah railway station. The railways covers an approximate length of 70 Km in the district. There are 6 railway stations in the district, Sarai Bhupat (8 Km.), Jaswantnagar (16 Km.) and Balrai (26 Km.) to the west and Ekdil (10 Km.), Bharthana (19 Km.) and Samho (28 Km.) to the east of Etawah.

Click Here for The Up to date Railway Time table of the trains passing through Etawah. 

Ferries.

In 1974 there were 36 ferries of which 33 were maintained by Zila Parishad and 3 by public works department on the rivers Yamuna, Chambal, Arind(Rind), Seugar and Sindh.

According to Askokan edicts there were rest houses and wells on the high roads. Due to the existence of big sarai on the old imperial road certain places have derived their name from the sarai associated with them such as Sarai Ajitmal, Sarai Bhopat, Sarai Ekdil, Sarai Babupur. Passengers including tourists can reach the district by rail , bus and taxis. Boarding and lodging are available in all urban centres, notably Etawah,Bharthana, Jaswantnagar and Achhalda.

The town of  Etawah is centrally located having links to adjoining districts viz. Farrukhabad, Mainpuri, Kanpur and Jalaun.

The inspection houses, Dak-bunglows and rest houses maintained by different departments of the government were officers of other department public and tourist are also given accommodation , if available, on payment. There are number of Dharamshalas at Etawah, mostly privately managed and they charge nominal rent for providing accommodation. There are a few hotels within the radius of 2 km from the district head quarters, beside equal number of restaurants.

Table of Inspection House , Dak-Bungalows Hotels and Dharamshalas

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