How to reach Nashik Kumbh Mela 2027

Railways plan to develop five stations for the Kumbh, according to PIB (25 Jul 2025):

• Nashik Road
• Devlali
• Odha
• Kherwadi
• Kasbe Sukene

Manmad is not one of these five stations.

Work at Nashik Road

PIB listed these works at Nashik Road: Platform 4 made usable in both directions, Platform 1 extended to take 24-coach trains, a 12 m foot overbridge, stabling lines, and the goods shed used as a holding area for crowds.

In July 2026, Central Railway's Bhusawal Division said 90 of its 92 Kumbh projects had administrative approval, as reported by Free Press Journal. These include 9 new foot overbridges, 6 escalators and 16 toilets at Nashik Road, more than 51,000 sq m of platform cover, Devlali as the main operations hub, and automatic block signalling on the Manmad-Igatpuri line.

Special trains

PIB said special trains are planned from Kamakhya, Howrah, Patna, Delhi, Jaipur, Bikaner, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Nanded. MEMU trains and a circuit train for three Jyotirlingas (Trimbakeshwar, Grishneshwar and Omkareshwar) are also planned.

In February 2026, DRM Punit Agrawal said special trains from the Bhusawal side will end at Odha, Kasbe Sukene and Kherwadi, and Mumbai-side specials will end at Devlali (ETInfra report). So your train may not stop at Nashik Road. From these stations, MSRTC buses will take pilgrims onward (see the parking and shuttles section below).

No special-train timetable for 2027 has been published yet. Do not trust any list of train numbers or timings until Railways publish it.

Nashik's airport is the Ozar airport at Janori. According to an NTKMA review reported by the Times of India (18 Aug 2026), it now has flights to and from Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, with night operations.

A new integrated terminal is due by 31 March 2027. As per the same review:

• Terminal building of 17,800 sq m
• Apron of 1.15 lakh sq m, with aerobridges
• Capacity rising from about 300 to about 1,000 passengers an hour
• DGCA and BCAS approvals are in place

NTKMA also plans help desks for foreign visitors at airports in Nashik, Mumbai, Delhi and other cities, Hindustan Times reported on 4 Oct 2026, quoting officials.

What this means for you: Nashik has flights to only four cities for now. If your city is not one of them, you may need to fly to another airport and come on by train or road. Check the airline's own schedule before you book.

Several road works are meant to be ready before the Kumbh. Their status as of now:

• Nashik to Trimbak road: a 20 km six-lane concrete road budgeted at ₹350 crore. PWD has issued the start order and aims to finish before 31 March 2027, Navbharat Live reported (7 Dec 2025). The same report said the walking path for dindis has been put off because of land acquisition.
• Dwarka underpass and flyover: NTKMA Commissioner Shekhar Singh told Lokmat Times (2 Sep 2026) that the Dwarka underpass should open fully by the end of January 2027, and the Dwarka flyover between December and January. He told the Times of India (17 Sep 2026) that the 6.4 km Dwarka to Datta Mandir stretch on the Nashik-Pune highway may miss March 2027 but should be done before the Kumbh.
• Outer ring road: 66.15 km, ₹7,922 crore. Work has begun on 7 stretches and about 30% of the land has been acquired, Singh and an MSIDC official said (Times of India, 17 Sep 2026). The target is before the Kumbh.

If you drive, remember the big rule for Amrit Snan days: you will not be able to take your car into the Ramkund or Trimbak temple area. Read the next section.

NTKMA and MSRTC explained the transport plan in June 2026 (Shekhar Singh and MSRTC DTO Kiran Bhosale, reported by Punekar News on 2 Jun 2026). The main points:

• Private vehicles stop at outer parking. On Amrit Snan days, cars and other private vehicles will be parked outside the city.
• Pedestrian zones. The Ramkund area and the Trimbak temple core become walking-only zones.
• 46 outer parking hubs will be set up.
• MSRTC will run 4,500 buses: 3,000 for road shuttles and 1,500 for rail links.
• Capacity: about 33 lakh passengers a day.
• GPS tracking: buses will be tracked through the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC).

How the 4,500 buses are split

Road shuttles (3,000 buses):

• 900 from Nashik outer parking to the inner zones
• 1,485 from Nashik to Trimbak
• 325 on an internal Trimbak circuit
• 290 on standby

Rail shuttles (1,500 buses):

• 520 from stations to inner parking
• 680 from stations to Trimbak
• 300 on standby

Three parking tiers

The NTKMA plan describes three tiers of parking: Outer-1, Outer and Inner, with shuttle buses between them. In simple words: park far out, take a bus closer in, then walk the last part to the ghat.

What this means for you: keep time for parking, bus queues and a walk. Carry less luggage. Wear shoes you can walk in. The exact hub locations and bus routes for each day have not been published yet.

As of 6 Oct 2026, these have not been published by any official source:

• Traffic and road-closure orders for Amrit Snan days
• The 2027 special-train timetable
• The ghat-wise crowd plan
• Exact parking hub locations and day-wise bus routes

If you see these on social media or other websites before an official release, treat them as unverified. We will update this page when official orders come out.

• Check the snan dates first on Kumbh 2027 dates, so you know which days will have the bus-only rules.
• Look for a place to stay on Accommodation.
• Going to Kushavarta? Read Trimbakeshwar Kumbh 2027.
• For packing, safety and general tips, see the pilgrim guide.