How to get around Delhi

Delhi Metro: more than ten lines

The one way to travel across Delhi without watching the traffic. Runs roughly 05:30 to 23:30; a smart card costs ~₹150 with ₹50 of that a refundable deposit and gives 10% off.

~₹11–64

Auto-rickshaws through an app

There is an official meter, but drivers quote their own price to visitors. Book through an app and the fare is settled before you get in; a short hop across the centre is usually under ₹150.

from ~₹30 plus ~₹11 a km

Cabs

The answer after the metro closes and the only sane option with luggage: apps work all night, with a surcharge after midnight.

E-rickshaws in Old Delhi

In the lanes of Old Delhi and around Hauz Khas this is the transport that actually fits: short hops from the metro exit to where you are going, price agreed on the spot.

~₹20–50

DTC and Cluster buses

Cheap and everywhere, but the routes take learning and rush hour is dense. Free travel for women now runs on the Pink Saheli card, which only Delhi residents can get.

~₹5–25

Renting a scooter

Delhi is not a city where visitors ride themselves: the traffic is dense, parking is a puzzle and the metro covers the same distance faster.

🚶 On foot, in pockets

Delhi as a whole is not walkable: pavements double as parking and crossings are rare, so cross-city always means metro or rickshaw. But whole quarters are best seen on your own two feet: Connaught Place, Lodhi Colony with Lodhi Gardens, Hauz Khas Village above the 13th-century reservoir, the Tibetan Majnu Ka Tilla, and plenty besides.

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