By Air: Indian Air lines services from and to Delhi, Chandigarh Amritsar and Srinagar.
By Rail: Jammu Tawi is an important railhead on Northern railway serving Jammu and Kashmir state other trains are Jammu mail to Delhi, Himgiri to Calcutta, super past to Bombay, sealdah exp to Hawrah, Shalimar expess exp to Kanyakumari.
By Road: Jammu 243 kms from Amritsar, 436 kms from Chandigarh, 586 kms from Delhi, 48 kms from Katra, 305 kms from Srinagar, 428 kms kms from Manali.
Best season: All year, but summer is best.
Clothing: Summer Cottons, winter-woollens.
People generally go to Jammu simply to
continue on to Srinagar. See details under
'Getting There' for Srinagar. If you're
continuing on from Jammu to Srinagar the one
important rule to follow is to get your bus
ticket as soon as you arrive. Soouthbound
there are frequent buses from Jammu to
Amritsar , Pathankot (three hours) and other
cities. Pathankot in the jumping off point
for Dharamsala Dalhousie and the other
Himachal Pradesh hill stations.