AFS - I (2018) IIT Kanpur - How to Reach

The Campus of IIT Kanpur is located off the Grand Trunk Road near Kalyanpur, about 16 km west of Kanpur city.

Arrival by AIR: Visitors are recommended to fly into Lucknow Airport. Lucknow airport is located about 80 kms from IIT Kanpur. You can hire taxis at the airport. It takes between two and three hours to drive from the Lucknow airport to the IITK. Kanpur airport has very limited flights.

Arrival by TRAIN: Kanpur Central Railway station is well connected to most cities in North, East and Central India. It is located on the Delhi-Kolkata train route. IIT Kanpur is located at a distance of about 16 kilometers from the Kanpur Central Railway Station. It is possible to hire taxis and autorickshaws to travel to IITK from the station. It takes about 40 minutes to drive from Kanpur Central railway station to IIT Kanpur.

Arrival by ROAD: Kanpur lies on National Highway 2 (NH2) connecting Amritsar in the North to Kolkata in the East. It passes through New Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Allahabad and Patna enroute. It is about 480 km from Delhi via this highway. Kanpur is also connected to Lucknow on NH25 and is about 90 km from Lucknow. Kanpur is also connected to Delhi (440 Km) via another highway NH81 passing through Ghaziabad and Aligarh.