Editing Mysore (section)

== Transport ==
{{Main||Transport in Mysore}}

=== Road ===
[[File:Warli Paintings, Mysore.jpg|thumb|Warli paintings on Mysore roads]]
Mysore is connected by [[National Highway 212 (India)]] to the state border town of [[Gundlupet]], where the road forks into the states of [[Kerala]] and Tamil Nadu.<ref name="nh">{{cite web|url=http://www.kar.nic.in/pwd/mis2005/Map%201%20of%20MIS%20report.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615001645/http://www.kar.nic.in/pwd/mis2005/Map%201%20of%20MIS%20report.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2007|work=The National Informatics Centre|title=National Highways in Karnataka|access-date=26 September 2007}}</ref>{{rp|1}} [[State Highway 17 (Karnataka)|State Highway 17]], which connects Mysore to Bangalore, was upgraded to a four-lane highway in 2006, reducing travel time between the two cities.<ref name="sh17">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/30/stories/2006083007330500.htm|date=30 August 2006|title=Bangalore-Mysore journey to be faster|access-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032629/http://hindu.com/2006/08/30/stories/2006083007330500.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=17 October 2007}}</ref> A project was planned in 1994&nbsp;to construct a [[Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor|new expressway]] to connect Bangalore and Mysore. After numerous legal hurdles, it remains unfinished {{as of|2012|lc=on}}.<ref name="nice">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/29/stories/2007072955031100.htm|date=29 July 2007|last=Rajendran|first=S|title=International consortium ready to take up Bangalore-Mysore Expressway project|access-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032719/http://hindu.com/2007/07/29/stories/2007072955031100.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=17 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="nice2012">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-11/bangalore/31145239_1_expressway-bangalore-mysore-infrastructure-corridor-mysore-and-bangalore|date=11 March 2012|title=New expressway may link Mysore and Bangalore|access-date=11 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217034159/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-11/bangalore/31145239_1_expressway-bangalore-mysore-infrastructure-corridor-mysore-and-bangalore|archive-date=17 February 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> State Highway 33&nbsp;and [[National Highway 275 (India)|National Highway 275]] which connect Mysore to [[H D Kote]] and [[Mangalore]] respectively.<ref name="sh">{{cite web|url=http://kpwd.gov.in/roads.asp|publisher=Karnataka Public Works, Ports and Inland Water Transport Department|title=Roads in Karnataka|access-date=9 April 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518163314/http://kpwd.gov.in/roads.asp|archive-date=18 May 2008}}</ref> The [[Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation]] (KSRTC) and other private agencies operate buses both within the city and between cities. A new division of KSRTC called Mysore City Transport Corporation (MCTC) has been proposed. Within the city, buses are cheap and popular means of transport, [[auto-rickshaw]]s are also available and ''[[tonga (carriage)|tongas]]'' (horse-drawn carriages) are popular with tourists.<ref name="tonga">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/01/stories/2005100105540300.htm|title=Riding through time|first=Sharath S.|last=Srivatsa|date=1 October 2005|access-date=5 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113151733/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/01/stories/2005100105540300.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref>
Mysore also has a {{convert|42.5|km|mi|adj=on}} long [[Mysore Ring Road|ring road]] that is being upgraded to six lanes by the [[Mysore Urban Development Authority|MUDA]].<ref name="jnnurm">{{cite web|url=http://www.mysore.nic.in/Jnnurm%20Projects.htm|title=Mysore District Information Projects Approved|publisher=Mysore District Collectorate|access-date=3 February 2012|location=Mysore|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518174002/http://www.mysore.nic.in/Jnnurm%20Projects.htm|archive-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> Mysore has implemented [[Intelligent transportation system|Intelligent Transport System (ITS)]] to manage its city buses and ferrying commuters.<ref name="its">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mysore-s-intelligent-transport-system-s-success-drives-other-cities-to-replicate-model/story-5MHByvK4kRCxALvREB6KDL.html|title=Mysore's Intelligent Transport System's success drives other cities to replicate model|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=27 February 2017|access-date=27 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227004627/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mysore-s-intelligent-transport-system-s-success-drives-other-cities-to-replicate-model/story-5MHByvK4kRCxALvREB6KDL.html|archive-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>

RTO code of Mysore West is KA09<ref name="RTO"/> and Mysore East is KA55.<ref name="RTO">{{Cite web |title=Transport Department,Karnataka |url=https://etc.karnataka.gov.in/General/rto_office.aspx |website=etc.karnataka.gov.in |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>

=== Trin Trin PBS ===
[[File:Trin Trin Mysore.jpg|thumb|A bicycle docking station]]
A public [[bicycle-sharing system]], Trin Trin, funded partially by the United Nations is popular mode of transport.<ref name="Trin-Trin">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mysuru-will-go-trin-trin-from-today/article18715152.ece|work=The Hindu|date=3 June 2017|title=Trin Trin Bicycle system|access-date=3 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303214238/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mysuru-will-go-trin-trin-from-today/article18715152.ece|archive-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> It is a government project. It is the first public bike-sharing system throughout India. The key objective of Trin Trin is to encourage local commuters, as well as visitors, to use the bicycle in preference to motorised modes of travel and thereby help scale down the multifarious environmental and road-traffic hazards, enhance conveyance convenience, and make local daily commutes economical for the common citizen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mytrintrin.com/?page_id=5064|title=Trin Trin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001343/https://www.mytrintrin.com/?page_id=5064|archive-date=12 April 2018|url-status=usurped|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref>

=== Rail ===
[[File:Mysore Rly Station Panorama Karnataka Apr22 A7C 01908-10.jpg|thumb|Mysore Railway Station]]
[[Mysore railway station]] has three lines, connecting it to [[Bangalore]], [[Mangalore]], and [[Chamarajanagar]]. The first railway line established in the city was the Bangalore–Mysore Junction [[metre gauge]] line, which was commissioned in 1882.<ref name="comm">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/03/stories/2004060309430300.htm|date=3 June 2004|title=Mysore Rail Museum celebrates silver jubilee|access-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015831/http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/03/stories/2004060309430300.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=1 October 2007}}</ref> Railway lines that connect the city to [[Chamarajanagara]] and [[Mangalore]] are unelectrified [[Single track (rail)|single track]] and the track that connects to [[Bengaluru]] is electrified [[double track]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joshi|first=Vishwanath|title=Mysore Railway Station Map/Atlas SWR/South Western Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/mysuru-junction-mysore-mys/1430|access-date=13 December 2020|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref> Mysore Railway Junction comes under the jurisdiction of South Western Railway Zone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=South Western Railway|url=https://swr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,7,275,399|access-date=13 December 2020|website=swr.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> Within the city limits of Mysore, there are two small stations in the line which connects [[Chamarajanagara]]. They are [[Ashokapuram railway station|Ashokpuram]] and [[Chamarajapuram railway station|Chamarajapuram]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jayashree|title=Chamarajapuram Railway Station Map/Atlas SWR/South Western Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/chamarajapuram-cmj/6928|access-date=13 December 2020|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Amit|title=Ashokapuram Railway Station Map/Atlas SWR/South Western Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/ashokapuram-ap/6929|access-date=13 December 2020|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref> The fastest train to serve the city is the [[Shatabdi Express]] which goes to [[Chennai]] via [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=K|first=K.|title=12008/Mysuru - MGR Chennai Central Shatabdi Express - Mysore to MGR Chennai SR/Southern Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-mysuru-mgr-chennai-central-shatabdi-express-12008/1525/1430/35|access-date=13 December 2020|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref> A satellite terminal is planned at Naganahalli to reduce congestion in the main railway station. On 20 June 2022, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] laid the foundation to upgrade the present city railway junction.  The {{INR|385 crore}} project envisages construction of another three platforms, four pit lines and four stabling lines to make nine platforms.  Additionally, the [[Naganahali]] station will be expanded with a coach complex and MEMU hub, and two more platforms to reduce congestion in the city railway junction.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 August 2020|title=Naganahalli Satellite Terminal DPR ready; awaits approval|url=https://starofmysore.com/naganahalli-satellite-terminal-dpr-ready-awaits-approval/|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Air ===
[[File:Mysore Airport.jpg|thumb|Mysore Airport]]
[[Mysore Airport]] is a domestic airport and is located near the village of Mandakalli, 10 kilometres south of the centre of the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Handy Mysore airport information from Skyscanner.|url=https://www.skyscanner.co.in/airports/myq/mysore-airport.html|access-date=13 December 2020|website=www.skyscanner.co.in|language=en-GB}}</ref> It was built by the kings of Mysore in early 1940s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vattam |first=Krishna |date=19 October 2009 |title=Tale of an airstrip: Then and now |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/31260/down-memory-lane.html |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |access-date=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521213725/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/31260/down-memory-lane.html |archive-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> Mysore Airport currently serves the city of Mysore and is connected to multiple domestic locations including [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 September 2017|title=Flight operations resume from Mysore Airport|url=https://starofmysore.com/flight-operations-resume-mysore-airport/|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]].  The current runway is not able to handle big flights and hence a runway expansion is about to take place expanding the runway from 1.7&nbsp;km to 2.8&nbsp;km and will be upgraded to international airport after the expansion.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 November 2020|title=Expand Mysore Airport runway to facilitate operation of Boeing planes|url=https://starofmysore.com/expand-mysore-airport-runway-to-facilitate-operation-of-boeing-planes/|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref> The nearest International airport is [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore Airport]].