Road
Belgaum is connected by road via the National Highways 4 (connecting Maharashtra [Now part of the Golden Quadrilateral], Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu) and 4A (connecting Karnataka and Goa). NWKRTC run buses to all corners of Karnataka as well as neighboring states. There are many prominent private buses providing services to all major destinations in Karnataka and surrounding states.
Air
Belgaum Airport was the only airport in north Karnataka for many decades (with an airforce base). The airport currently serving the city is Belgaum Airport at Sambra, located at 10 km from the city on SH20. Belgaum was directly connected with Mumbai but the only flight to Mumbai was stopped in November 2011 owing to the financial crisis at Kingfisher Airlines. Since then SpiceJet has announced daily flights to Bangalore starting from 22nd Nov 2012.
Rail
Belgaum is on the main Indian Railways grid being part the of south western division and is well connected by rail to major destinations such as Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Goa, New Delhi and Chennai. The Belgaum railway station is the oldest in this region
