Pre-Paid Cabs at Chennai Airport

kwistbeableandco

I am always uaing the railway station Tirusoolam. It was a hassle to get there having to cross the always busy and dangereous road in front of the airport, but now there is a pedestrian SUBWAY passage going straight inside the railway station. Trains unfortunately start only again after 04 a.m. Price still 6 Rs to Egmore or Ford.

Nick-H

I didn't know that!

Makes a big difference*. As will the planned Metro station at the airport when it gets built one day.




*Assuming you happen to be going somewhere on its route, of course.

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ranjan154

Good to know, thanks for the information.

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kwistbeableandco

"*Assuming you happen to be going somewhere on its route, of course."
Except maybe in the middle of the night, it is the fastest way to get to the center of the town (30 minutes to Egmore station). One can get an autorickshaw always at Egmore station.
For people going to Broadlands-Triplicane, you can change track at Ford railway station and take a train to Chepauk station.
By the way, the subway is connected to the subway for the platforms at the Tirusoolam station.

sumitmanu

Hi,
I have been at the recieving end of the anarchy and exorbitant charges of auto wallas since last one year..from the time i came to chennai..i am thinking wouldnt it help if thr is a forum or some place where people who travel daily to far of places can get to know each other..so that they can share auto with someone or thr is some system of kind of organised lift in which 2 people can share fuel expenses..it wud save a lot of money say if a person is travelling to mount road from adyar or thiruvanmiyur, if 3 people are going..please give genuine problems that can be thr with such a system..and keep in mind, buses are far too crowded in peak hours..

kalbarri

considering the prices the auto drivers are asking, to go


fairly short distances around chennai, makes ne appreciate the 300rps i paid for a taxi to broadlands, from the airport.

nishanthe

As same as Nick, I've been using Chennai Pre-paid taxi twice, as an International and Domestic except rates were not that different. But Drivers didnt know the city, both of the time .
One Driver was taking us through entire Chennai (at least we felt so) when we clearly gave him our hotel address. The funny part was, we were circling around the hotel few times. He also wanted us to call to the hotel and get the address, but we didn't have an Indian Mobile phone. Luckily it was a pre-paid so we went just paying the agreed amount.

Nick-H

To be fair, the driver was taking me to a residential street, off the beaten track, out in the suburbs. I am surprised that, twice, you had a driver who had a problem finding a city hotel --- but I think that these airport taxis are pretty low in the scale of driving jobs. The cars are certainly low in the scale of cars!

I could have said, 'Look, I know where I'm going; I live there!", but, for security, I didn't want to.

ronago

How much will be the cost for a taxi from Chennai airport to Mahabalipuram?
Thanks!!
Which booth is the cheapest!!

Nick-H

Sorry, no idea. Should be around 1,000, I'd say.


I wouldn't want to do the trip in a rickety old black and yellow ambassador anyway.

When I last arrived by plane, there were three booths: you just have to ask them all for prices and see.

shashank.aggarwal

I was there last month, and one booth seemed to be more popular with a long queue, however there were hardly any takers at any other booth.

I guess I paid around Rs.200 for my hotel in T-Nagar. The car was a rickety old Amby, however the driver was quite a nice fellow and reasonable skills in English. However he had a constant smile on his face, which was lovely.

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Nick-H

How about the miserable old sod that took you back to the airport?

Lousy English, and no smiles, I bet!




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nishanthe

Exactly that is what we got when we were taking around Chennai by that driver.
About cost.. once we took a taxi to Anna Salai, it cost us 220, and to T-Nagar it cost 265. we got our taxis from the booth in front of the Billboard which had Sir Arthur Clake's Face with his quote. (Dont remember the company )

Nick-H

Shashank even had to give his driver lunch!

But, seriously... do not expect great language skills from these guys; generally, only the companies that do a lot of foreign-tourist work will have English-speaking drivers.

Mind you, however bad the English, it's usually better than my Tamil!

shashank.aggarwal

But great knowledge about the city, love for cars, and a Car that is anyday better than half of the cars on Indian roads..

And some Tea and some Biscuits as well, a bloody expensive affair..!!