how hard should it be to get to an airport? well, from koramangala, the new bengaluru international airport takes a mere two hours to get to. and that too at 7 am in the morning! god help those leaving at 4pm.
the best way to get there is by the shuttle bus operated by the bmtc. the info on the routes is sketchy at best. the best available info is tucked away in two pages - bmtc and bial. the phone numbers for info listed on the airport site never answer the calls.
while figuring out how to get my dad to the airport, i was left wondering how the hell would i find out exactly where the bus stops in koramangala. all i knew from the above links was that it would pass via the forum mall. so me and dad camped out in front of the forum mall (dairy circle side) until we saw the bus pass by - you can tell with the well-lit inside of the bus and many dangling yellow holds for standing passengers. we then chased the bus to it’s destination/starting point in koramangala.
10 responses so far ↓
1 Shatru // Jun 7, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Can u tell me where exactly is the starting point at Kormanagala? I will be catchin volvo from kormangala too…. help appreciated.
Thanks
2 spandana // Jun 8, 2008 at 11:59 am
mr shatru, i have pin-pinted the starting point in the map above. the bus takes left from the forum mall, via the saint john’s hospital and krupanidhi college. it stops along with other (regular-looking BMTC buses) in the service road on the right side (left side if you are coming in from HSR layout.
3 Shatru // Jun 8, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Hey, thanks a lot.
4 veeresh // Jul 10, 2008 at 10:10 am
What is the Volve bus timeings from Koramangala to New Airport.
5 spandana // Jul 10, 2008 at 10:55 am
it leaves at 1/2 hr intervals. i don’t know if specific timings (and even if they did publish the timetable, it might not even be relevant!)
6 SSS // Jul 30, 2008 at 8:17 am
Hi,
The map u have shown is no clear. Can u please tell where exactly the bus stops at koramangala.
Please specify the exact location.
7 Sas // Jul 30, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Hi,
Can you please tell me , while coming from BIAL to Kormangala in Volvo, where will the bus stop, at which point? I want the nearest point to Kormangala 8th block. At which point near Forum Mall will it stop?
8 spandana // Jul 31, 2008 at 5:01 am
i don’t know much about 8th block.
the starting point of the bus stop is at 1st block on sarjapur road (going towards koramangala) before you get the koramangala 80ft road right turn.
not sure where it stops near the forum mall. but if you are going towards forum mall on hosur road, it stops on the left side where you get the right turn road towards st.john’s hospital.
9 murugesh // Aug 25, 2008 at 6:30 am
where exactly is the starting point at electronic city and wat is the timings to pick-up and drop the same
10 spandana // Aug 25, 2008 at 8:33 am
i have no idea about the stops in electronic city. i know the route going out of koramangala up to the forum mall.
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