What is a safe overland route from Europe to India using public transport?
The traditional Hippie trail included Afghanistan and Pakistan which most people now consider unsafe to travel through.
Even if one would decide to go through Pakistan, is it possible to get to the Iranian-Pakistani border and beyond with public transport? How about crossing from Pakistan into India, I have heard mixed stories about this.
Seat 61 only proposes a route through Iran and Pakistan, with interrogations as to whether this route is currently feasible.
If Pakistan is out, one can move on from Iran into Turkmenistan and through several other of the “Stans” to get into China and then through Nepal into India. Has anybody done this recently? Should one even think about doing this in winter time?
What about going through Russia into China or taking a boat to India?
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Can I travel from Europe to India by road?
You can actually drive from anywhere in mainland Europe to anywhere in mainland India.Can you travel from Europe to India by train?
Europe to India overland... However, you can't just buy a London-Delhi train ticket and hop on a train to India. Far from it. Such a 2 or 3-week trip should not be undertaken lightly, it takes a lot of D.I.Y.How can I go to Europe from India?
It takes between eight and eleven hours to fly from the UK direct to India. A number of carriers fly nonstop from London Heathrow to Delhi and Mumbai; these currently include Air India, Jet Airways (jetairways.com), Virgin Atlantic and British Airways, who also fly nonstop to Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.Can you travel from UK to India by train?
1a Travelling from London (United Kingdom) to Delhi (India) First travel by train to an international airport in Great Britain. Then take a flight to India. And continue in India by train to your travel destination. There is no passenger rail service available to get to India by train.Vehicle Documents You Need for Overland Travel
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