page_title: Pusad
section_title: Transport sector
hierarchical_section_title: Pusad / Economy / Transport sector
caption_attribution_description: English: Shivaji Chowk in Pusad
context_page_description: Pusad is a town in the Yavatmal district located in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state of India. It is named after the Pus river. Its ancient name was 'Pushpawanti'.
context_section_description: Pusad is connected to major cities in the Maharashtra State by roadways only. MSRTC buses run from Pusad to Mumbai, Nagpur, Yavatmal, Pune, Amravati, Akola, Washim, Hingoli, Nanded, Solapur, Aurangabad, Raipur, Umarkhed, Mahur, Ansing, Adilabad, Mahagaon and Indore. Roads in Pusad are equipped with traffic signals recently built in 2017.
  Pusad was connected to Darwha Moti Bagh Junction railway station in Yavatmal by Central Provinces Railway Company, but line from Darwha to Pusad was dismantled in 1920. From Yavatmal it was further linked to Achalpur railway station in Amravati district by narrow gauge Shakuntala Railway which was built in 1903 to carry cotton from cotton-rich interior areas of Vidarbha to the Murtajapur Junction on main broad gauge line to Mumbai from where it was shipped to Manchester in England. Pusad railway station (reporting code PUB) is planned on the under construction Wardha–Nanded line, which has been given the a "special project" status. Nearest railway station is at Washim 60 km, Akola and Nanded 110 km.
  Nearest functional airports are Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport 110 km away in Nanded and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport 270 km away at Nagpur. Other nearby airports without functional scheduled flights are Yavatmal Airport 110 km and Akola Airport 140 km.
caption: Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chowk in Pusad
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