The most convenient transport is the popular mobile apps Uber or Ola, as well as regular taxis with prices between Rs 400 and Rs 600. The journey to the city centre takes between 20 and 35 minutes.
There's also an airport shuttle bus service for Rs 80 to the nearest metro station. Further into the city centre you can take the metro for 50 rupees and the total journey will take around 70 minutes.
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Taxi / Uber / Ola
Taxi is the most convenient and most used mode of transport to the city centre or beach resorts in the vicinity.
You prepay for official taxis at the arrivals hall and pay nothing to the taxi driver after that.
The mobile apps Uber or Ola, available at both terminals, usually offer lower prices.
Average prices to Thiruvananthapuram city centre or the nearest beach resorts are as follows:
- Taxi - 600 inr
- Uber / Ola - 450 inr
Public Transport - Bus
Circulating bus services 8A and 8C called as AIR-RAIL arrive at both terminals.
- Line 8A - runs clockwise
- Line 8C - runs anti-clockwise
The buses go to the main railway station as well as to the centre of Thiruvananthapuram (Palayam district).
- Bus ticket price - 30 inr
- Travel time from the railway station to the international terminal - 25 minutes
- Travel time from the station to the domestic terminal - 40 minutes
- Frequency - every 60 to 90 minutes (irregularly at night about once every 60 to 130 minutes)
- Operating hours - 24/7
- Official information: citycircular.keralartc.com
