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Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
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If you are feeling adventurous (or cheap) there is also a bus to Connaught place and New Delhi Railway Station. It's called the "EATS Bus". EATS is short for Ex-Servicemen Air Link Transport Service. It runs every 60 minutes during slow periods from 1:00 AM and about 30 minutes during peak periods and costs only Rs. 50.
Tickets can be purchased at a booth to your right as you leave the terminal. It's a blue and white bus and distinguishable from the ubiquitous and uniformly tatty green and yellow Delhi Transport Corporation buses. They put down at Ajmer gate, which is on the side of the New Delhi Railway Station furthest from the ticket counter and Paharganj. They also stop at the domestic airport, so it takes close to an hour (twice as long as the taxi) to get from point A to point B. The EATS bus also puts down next to Palika Bazaar in Connaught Place. According to one travel guide, there is also supposedly a scam where you may be forced to get down from the bus at Connaught place on the opposite side of the Indian Airline office. If you get down there you will be lucky to only have to pay waiting predatory autorickshaws Rs. 50 to complete your trip. If you go to the prepaid booth (on the opposite side of Palika Bazaar) you'll pay less, only Rs. 15, but they'll want to drop you off at the far end of the bazaar, opposite the railway station. If you have any baggage, that's pretty useless! So unless you're travelling really light and are going directly to the train, or are actually going to Connaught Place, it's not worth the trouble to save Rs. 150 ($3).
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Arriving in New Delhi 
