Travel Information
About Bangalore
Located at the Deccan Plateau in the Southern part of India, it is the capital of the state Karnataka. It’s in the peak of commercialization with the heavy industries, software companies, aerospace, telecommunications, machine tools, heavy equipments and defence establishments soaring high. Bangalore is known to be the “Silicon Valley of India” due to its pre-eminent position as the leading contributor to India's IT industry.
Weather
Due to its high elevation, Bangalore usually enjoys salubrious climate throughout the year. It is known as the air-conditioned city of India and enjoys salubrious climate throughout this year. The coolest month is January with an average low temperature of 15.1 °C and the hottest month is April with an average high temperature of 33.6 °C. Bangalore receives rainfall from both the northeast and the southwest monsoons and the wettest months are September, October and August, in that order. The summer heat is moderated by fairly frequent thunderstorms.
Reaching Bangalore from within India
By Air
Bangalore is well-connected to most cities in India. Domestic airlines flying in to Bangalore include Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Air Sahara, Kingfisher Airlines, Spice Jet and Air Deccan. One can fly in to Bangalore at the International Airport in Devanahalli. The Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL) airport is located near Jakkur at Devanahalli (JNCASR, Jakkur to BIAL airport distance is about 25 km). For information please visit the following link:http://www.bialairport.comBy Train
Bangalore Railways is well connected to the other parts of the country by both the meter gauge and the broad gauge rail services. In the Bangalore city, there are two major railway stations: “The Bangalore City Railway Station” and the “Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station”. In both the stations, the reservations are made by computerized system. Bangalore city railway station is the main railway station that is connected to the rest parts of the country and all the metro cities like New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. There are also other railway stations spread out across the city. The list of the stations is provided as below
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Reaching Bangalore from outside India
One can fly in to Bangalore at the International Airport in Devanahalli. International airlines that fly in directly to Bangalore include Air India, Indian Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines, Air Malaysia, Thai Airways and Jet Star Asia. Note that the Lufthansa flight is code-shared with United.Local Transport from the airport
The Airport Shuttle Service
This service provides air-conditioned volvo buses for transportation between the airport and seven destinations across the city, these buses named 'VayuVaira' ply on nine routes every 15 minutes. The cost of the bus fare would range from Rs. 80 to Rs. 200 depending on the distance. Another bus named 'Suvarna' ply during peak hours of the morning and evening. The cost for each trip in these buses will range between Rs.20 to Rs.90 per trip, depending on the distance travelled.
Taxi Service
The taxi services to and from the airport have been designed to suit everyone’s requirements and budget.
Post-paid taxi facilities
BIAL is providing reliable, affordable and safe taxi facilities at the airport. BIAL has selected (by open tender) MERU & EASYCAB to provide basic taxi services. The taxi operators will have basic AC cars, all equipped with tracking devices to ensure safety and transparency. Both operators have professional call centres. Hence, passengers coming to the airport can call the cab call centres and a cab will pick them up and drop them at the airport. For passengers arriving at the airport, there is a dedicated taxi holding area where the passenger can get a cab.
The post-paid taxi facility will be available on meter charges @ Rs.15/- per km (subject to Govt regulation).
Pre-paid taxi facilities
Hertz and Akbar Travels will provide pre-paid Limousine and car rental facilities. Hertz will launch a fleet of Mercedes - C & E class cars and will expand the fleet depending on the demand and business objectives. Limousine services will be available at the limo service counters at the terminal building arrival and based on special tariffs applicable for BIAL.
A 24-hr pre-paid ticket counter is located in the Terminal II Arrivals Hall. Autorickshaws are also available outside the terminal.
Self-Drive
Cars will also be available on self drive basis. There will be three ranges of self drive cars- the compact category (Suzuki Swift), the intermediate range – (Ford Fiesta), the standard category- (Toyota corolla), Multi Utility Vehicles (Toyota Innova) and Sports Utility Vehicles (Ford Endeavour).
These cars will be given to the passenger with a full fuel tank and the car has to be returned with full fuel tank. A flexible pick up and drop off facility in town and at the airport will be offered. To elaborate, the passenger can pick up the car at the airport and then drop it off anywhere in the city or in Hyderabad or Chennai. Similarly, he can pick up the car at any of these cities and drop it off at the airport. The conditions are that the customer has to be over 21 yrs of age and possess a valid Indian license
Bus ServiceA bus stand is located outside the arrivals hall. Buses 13 and 333 go from the airport to the ‘Majestic” bus depot (also known as the Bangalore bus station) opposite the City Railway Station, which is the lasrgest bus terminus of Bangalore. Fare is about Rs. 7.50 and travel time is about 30 mins. From Majestic take a bus towards 'Yelahanka' and ge down at 'Byataranapura' stop. From there take an autorickshaw to JNCASR.
Local Transport from the railway station
At Majestic ( main city station), Cantonment and Yeshwantpur train stations prepaid auto rickshaw and taxi services are available and you can make use of them.
Reaching JNCASR click here
