Help on Railway stations in Bangalore

r27122003

Friends,

we two people will reach Bangalore Airport by 7PM on next sunday. We want to goto Kochi, and the two trains from bangalore are, kanyakumary express from SBC and Kochuveli Garibrath from Yaswanthpur. CAPE express is full and we will get reservation only at garibrath.
1. how much km s frin airport to Yaswanthpur?
2. What will be the Taxi rate?
3. is it possible to reach yaswanthpur by 8.30PM?
please help

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mojogirl

I doubt if you'll be able to make to the station from Airport.

There might be some delay in the flight due to rains, also, checking out might take some more time. Also, Airport is pretty far from the city. So yeah there is no way you'll be able to make it. If you do It'll be miracle

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arunganpath

All I would say is forget catching the train that night. bangalore airport is located in the outskirts of the city and it is during peak hours.

Unless you reach bangalore by max 5 p.m., you will not be able to catch the train.

r27122003

thank you friends...

is it possible to reach Bangalore CIty RS by 900PM??? if yes, ican go by CAPE express...

delhiwala

Bangalore Airport to Railway Station will take at least 45 Minutes.

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brishti

hopefully your ETA [expected time of arrival] will be as scheduled.
make sure you do not have checked in baggage flying into BLR... baggage claim incurs valuable time, lost.
being a sunday evening - you should make it to the city station in time to catch your connecting train.



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Diablo

Very Tough to reach Bangalore City Station by 9:00 PM if you leave the airport at 7:00 PM. You might just make it

If you have advance reservation though you can catch that train at Bangalore Cantonment Station rather than go all the way to Bangalore City Station

arunganpath

Delhiwala, are you sure you can make it in 45 minutes during peak hours on a working day. The new airport is almost 40 kms away from the town. I think even catching the 9 p.m. train from Bangalore city is too tight considering flight lands sharp at 7.00 p.m. and the OP takes a cab to the station. If you dont have hand baggage, yes, changes are better (not good).

r27122003

oh God... what will i do?
do you have any suggestion? (except a flight to Kochi). What about bus?
where is Cantonment station? is it near to Air port compare to City Jn?

arunganpath

Hold on ! The Kanyakumari exps is at 2145 hrs from SBC and 2200 hrs from Cantontment. So, if your flight arrives exactly on time at 7 P.M., you can catch the train atleast at cantontment station. Check the train timings..
From your post, the difference is 45 minutes which is 2700 valuable seconds. Your entire situation changes. But the pre-requisites are :

1) The flight should reach on time
2) Baggage handling should be fast
3) Roads should not very congested.

You can catch the train at Cantontment.

delhiwala

I made it in 45 minutes with airlift taxi service on a Saturday afternoon from Banshankari! There was usual rush on the streets of course not like peak office hours.

r27122003

sorry friends...
the fligt schedule is 17.55.(ie 5.55PM) i quoted it mistakenly as 7PM. Now i think it is possible. right?

rajered

Definately possible.

machadinha

Had it not been so and time permitting, I guess staying the night & proceeding the next day would have been an obvious solution

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arunganpath

Boss, you had quoted one hour late for the flight arrival and one hour early for the train departure - squeezed it too much. In a normal day, you can surely make it to the station.