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How To Reach Bangalore By Air

Bangalore has two airports, HAL airport and Bangalore International airport. The first one is located 6 km away from the city and the second one is 40 km from the main city. More than 70 international and domestic flights land at HAL airport and it has two terminals, Terminal I and Terminal II for arrival and departure.

10 domestic airlines and 21 international airlines connect the city with more than 50 destinations in India and abroad. The airlines like Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways, JetLite, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir fly here. The important international flights that fly to this airport are,

Place	Airlines
Dubai, Male, Muscat	Air India
Abu Dhabi	Etihad Airways
Colombo	SriLankan Airlines
Bangkok	Thai Airways
Kuala Lumpur	Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines
Singapore	Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, Tiger Airways
Hong Kong	Dragonair
London	British Airways
Paris	Air France
Frankfurt	Lufthansa
Mauritius	Air Mauritius

Some of the domestic airlines that fly from and to Bangalore and their connecting places

Connecting Places	Airlines
Agatti	Kingfisher
Ahmedabad	Spicejet, Air Deccan, Go Air, Kingfisher, Air Sahara
Belgaum	Air Deccan
Bhubaneshwar	Air Deccan, Indigo, Air Sahara
Chennai	Jetairways, Paramount, Kingfisher, Indigo, Air Deccan, Air Sahara
Cochin	Jetairways, Air Deccan, Kingfisher, Spicejet, Indigo
Delhi	Kingfisher, Spicejet, Indian Airlines, Jetairways, Air Deccan, Indigo, Go air, Air Sahara
Goa	Jetairways, Air Deccan, Spicejet, Indian Airlines
Guwahati	Kingfisher
Hubli	Air Deccan, Kingfisher
Hyderabad	Kingfisher, Indigo, Jetairways, Air Deccan, Indian Airlines, Air Sahara, Go Air, Spicejet
Jaipur	Indigo, Kingfisher, Air Deccan, Air Sahara
Madurai	Air Deccan, Paramount
Mangalore	Jet Airways, Air Deccan, Kingfisher
Mumbai	Jetairways, Indigo, Air Sahara, Kingfisher, Air Deccan, Air India, Spicejet, Indian Airlines, Go Air
Nagpur	Indigo
Pune	Kingfisher, Indigo, Jetairways, Air Deccan, Spicejet, Indian Airlines
Trivandrum	Kingfisher, Air Deccan, Jetairways
Vadodara	Indigo
Bangalore	Air Deccan

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation operates buses from airport to different parts of the city. The Volvo buses called Vayu Vajra are also available.

Post paid taxi and air-conditioned cars can be easily hired from the airport. These post paid taxis ensure safety and transparency. The Karnataka State Government also runs KSTDC cabs.

Deccan Aviation and Birdie also offers helicopter services to eight helipads across the city but it is highly expensive.

Distance from Airport to Important Destinations in Bangalore

Places	Distance in Km
Chandra Layout	38
Shantinagar	38
Electronic City	54
Banashankari	44
BTM Layout	44
Vijaynagar	43
Malleswaram	34
Yeshwantpur	36
Domlur	40
Kadugodi	47
Vidyaranyapura	28
Srinagara	41
Rajarajeshwari Nagar	48
Basaveshwara Nagar	38
Yelahanka	20
Koramangala	43

How To Reach Bangalore By Train

There are two major railways stations in Bangalore, The Bengaluru City Railways Station situated opposite Majestic Bus Stand and Yeswantpur Junction situated on Tumkur Road. Other smaller railway stations are Bengaluru East, Bengaluru Cantonment and Krishnarajapuram.

Railway stations and their codes

Railway Stations	Codes
Bengaluru City	SBC
Yeswantpur Junction	YPR
Bengaluru East	BNCE
Bengaluru Contonment	BNC
Krishnarajapuram	KJM

List of trains passing through Bengaluru City Junction

List of trains passing through Yaswantpur Junction

List of trains passing through Bengaluru East

List of trains passing through Bengaluru Contonment

List of trains passing through Krishnarajapuram

Trains could be booked at railway station terminals or at railway booking portal online. If you book train to Mysore from Bangalore, there is a separate counter for that as large number of travelers travel to Mysore from Bangalore.

Contact Number for PNR Status Enquiry – 139

Trains to Bangalore from important destinations in India

Starting Station	Train Name	Train Number
Chennai	Mysore Express	16222
Delhi	Karnataka Express	12628
Hyderabad	Ypr Garib Rath	12735
Mumbai	Udyan Express	16529
Ahmedabad	Yesvantpur Spl	09405
Bhubneswar	Prasanthi Express	18463
Chamarajanagar	Tirupati Express	56213
Coimbatore	Lokmanya Tk Exp	11014
Guwahati	Ghy-Sbc-Exp	12510
Howrah	Hwh Ypr Express	12863
Hubli	Ubl Chennai Exp	17314
Jaipur	Jp Mysore Exp	12976
Kannur	Yesvantpur Exp	16518
Kanyakumari	Bangalore Exp	16525
Lucknow	Lko Tpr Exp	17211
Mysore	Mys Howrah Exp	08004
Patna	Sangha Mitra Exp	12296
Trivandrum	Bangalore Exp	16322
Tuticorin	Mysore Exp	16731
Vijayawada	Bza Sbc Pass	56504
Yesvantpur Jn	Mangalore Exp	16517

How To Reach Bangalore by Road

Bangalore is connected to all the major cities of the world by road. Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation runs normal buses, luxury buses, Volvo A/C buses and sleeper buses for night travel.

The Bangalore bus stand is called Kempegowda Bus Station and it is also called KSRTC Bus Stand or Majestic Bus Station. The buses within Bengaluru are maintained by Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation.

Important Cities and their Distance from Bangalore

Cities	Distance
Chennai	329
Mumbai	1002
New Delhi	2078
Chandigarh	2329
Varanasi	1790
Visakhapatnam	1053
Trivandrum	728
Pune	856
Nagpur	1061
Surat	1269
Kolkata	1921
Kochi	548
Jaipur	1972
Hyderabad	573
Guwahati	2901
Ahmedabad	1513
Mysore	144