The shortest trip on this site, and the one with the worst reputation. Puri station to the seafront hotels is three or four kilometres, and the fare you are quoted on the forecourt depends on the season, the hour and how tired you look. Pilgrim families arriving on overnight trains during Rath Yatra or Kartik Purnima get the worst of it. A fixed ₹699 booked in advance is not really about the money — it is about not negotiating at 5am with luggage.
Where your driver waits
On the station forecourt with a name board — we send the driver name and vehicle number before your train pulls in.
Send your train number on WhatsApp when you book. We check the running status before dispatch, so a late train means the driver arrives later — not that your booking quietly lapses while you are still on board.
What to know about this transfer
- Covers the Swargadwar, Chakratirtha Road, Marine Drive and CT Road hotel belts — effectively every hotel in Puri.
- Rath Yatra and Kartik Purnima bring road closures around the Grand Road; the driver routes around them and will tell you where the drop has to stop short.
- Same fixed fare at any hour — overnight trains into Puri arrive before dawn and the price does not move for it.
What's included in the fare
- Pickup at Puri Railway Station, with a name board
- Tolls, parking and driver allowance
- Waiting time while your train arrives, at no extra charge
- A fixed price agreed before you travel — no meter, no surge, no night rate