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Airport

IRL Bengaluru is about 42 Kilometers from Bengaluru International & Domestic Airport. Following transport options are available at the airport by which you can reach IRL office in EGL.

  1. Air-conditioned airport Shuttle: - Upon coming out of the airport exit way move to your right and Cross the road to reach the stand where you may find red color Vayu Vajra buses available all the time. Organized by KSRTC, an efficient way to connect main City with the airport.
    Approximate one way charge is 200 Rs. And the time taken to reach nearest point to EGL is 1 Hour, depending upon the traffic.
  2. Private Taxi: Meru Cabs, Easy Cabs and Karnataka Taxi are the official taxi operators at the Bengaluru International Airport. They provide convenient, safe, easily accessible and cost effective travel in a standard air conditioned Sedan to passengers. Airport taxi service can be availed at the airport for travel to Bengaluru city and vice versa.

Rates for Airport Taxi Service:

  • Flag Down fare (first 4km): Rs. 60 every subsequent KM: Rs. 15
  • Waiting charges: First 20 mins: No charge.
  • For next every 15 min. or part thereof Rs. 10/-

Contact Numbers:

  • Meru Cabs: Contact No: All India- 4422 4422 or SMS MERU to 57575.
  • Easy Cabs

Contact no: All India 4343 4343.

Karnataka taxi contact no: 080 - 4252 5555.

The map on the left shows directions from Bengaluru airport to IRL Facility.

Additional Links: http://www.bengaluruairport.com


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Railway Station

There are three railway station in Bengaluru where inter state trains arrives:

  1. Bengaluru City Railways Station: Located in the middle of the city, IBM-IRL Bengaluru is around 12 Km away from Bengaluru City Railway Station. After coming out of the station from the exit gate near platform No-1 at your right hand side you may find prepaid taxi stand from where you can book a vehicle of your choice. The pre paid taxi will cost you somewhere 200-300 INR depending upon the time of the day. It will take one hour during peak traffic hours and 30 minutes during off-peak hours to reach the IRL Bengaluru.
  2. Bengaluru Cantonment Railway station: Located in the eastern part of the city, IBM IRL is approximately 12 kilometer; you can hire a pre-paid Taxi from the prepaid booth. The pre-paid taxi will cost you 200-300 INR depending upon the time of the day and will take one hour during pick traffic hours and 30 minutes during off pick hours to reach IRL-Bengaluru. Yashwantpur Railway Station: One of the three railway station of Bengaluru is located on the Northern fringes of Bengaluru, IRL Bengaluru is approximately 14 Kilometer from here. Pre Paid facility is very poor here hence please use your bargaining skill, average fare to be paid is anything between 300 to 500 INR depending upon the time of the day, and will take 2 hours during pick hours and 1 hour during non pick hours to reach IRL, Bengaluru.

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Additional information:



Accommodation   Restaurants
Rental Taxis      



Accommodation

A wide range of options are available in Bengaluru for accommodation. A list of popular hotels usually availed by the visitors to IRL is given below. Apart from these, hotels can be checked out on popular travel websites and the following government websites.

Within 5 Kms

Beyond 5 Kms


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Restaurants

There are plenty of eating options are available near embassy golf link business park, the nearest option is the cafeterias available within EGL business park campus, there are two fully equipped food court serving various local, national and international cuisine during breakfast, lunch and dinner time. These are all on walking distance. Just outside the campus across the road there are well known restaurants, like Pizza Hut, Nandhini, park plaza open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week.


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Rental Taxis

Pre-paid
Traffic police operates pre-paid booths at several locations like hospitals, railway stations, bus terminals, markets and airports. One can hire taxis as well as auto-rickshaws (TSR) from these booths. The payment including the fare, service charges and baggage charges (if any) are collected at the booth and a printed receipt is given to the passenger which contains the taxi/TSR registration number, destination and fare details. With the receipt go to the stand where you will get the taxi/TSR mentioned on the receipt. Handover the receipt to the driver only after you reach the place. In case of a breakdown, it is the driver's responsibility to provide you with another taxi/TSR. In such a case, surrender your receipt to the second taxi driver once you reach your destination.

Radio Taxi
Radio taxis are available round the clock. There are several companies offering this service in Bengaluru as listed below. They charge a flat rate of Rs. 15 per Km.

Easy Cabs +91-80-4343 4343

Rental Cars
Hertz +91-80-65374904/14/11
Car Club +91-80-080 25702923/24/25


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