Getting to IITB
Delegates coming from the main rail Central Railway should preferably get down at Dadar or Kurla Terminus stations and take a taxi to come IIT Bombay (the taxi charges will be approximately Rs. 250), and those coming from main line Western Railway may get down at Borivali or Dadar or Bombay Central and then take a taxi to come to IIT Bombay campus (the taxi charges will be approximately Rs. 250, Rs. 300 and Rs. 350 respectively).

Airports
International flights land at the Sahara Airport which is about 10km from IITB. The Domestic Airport - at Santa Cruz - is about 18km. Prepaid taxis and autorickshaws are available at the airports.

Topography
IIT Bombay is located at Powai, which is an eastern suburb in the north-eastern part of Mumbai. Mumbai is in the form of a long narrow island, almost a peninsula, thrusting southwards into the Arabian Sea. It can be broadly divided into four zones.

1. South Bombay (Colaba, CST, Fort, Chruchgate, Nariman Point etc.)
2. Central Bombay (Dadar, Bombay Central, Worli etc.)
3. The Western suburbs (Bandra, Juhu, Andheri, Borivali etc)
4. The Eastern Suburbs(Kurla, Chembur, Ghatkopar, Mulund, Kanjur Marg, Vikhroli etc.)

There is also New Bombay (Vashi, Turbhe etc.) across Thane Creek on the mainland.

Public Transport
Mumbai has one of the most efficient and reliable public transport networks. One can travel by autorickshaws / taxis to reach IIT from the nearest stations (autorickshaws, however, do not go further south than Sion and Bandra). For longer distances, you can use either the BEST Bus Network or the Mumbai local train system.

Suburban Railway Transport
Those coming by Central Railway suburban trains will have to get down at Kanjur Marg (3km), Vikhroli (5km) or Ghatkopar (10km) which are the nearest stations to IITB. If you are coming by Western Railway suburban trains, you will have to get down at Andheri. We give below the Road Network to reach IITB along with the approximate bus / autorickshaw / taxi fare. (Click here to see the Road companion for IITB.)




Stations for Through Trains Coming to Mumbai
Central Railway: CST, Dadar, Kurla, Thane
Western Railway: Mumbai Central, Dadar, Bandra, Andheri, Borivali, Kurla

There is a terminus at Kurla where some Central as well as Western Railway trains terminate. There is no convenient bus route from Kurla terminus. An autorickshaw is the best option. However it would be more economical to take a suburban train from Kurla to Kanjur Marg and then take an auto.