Once you get down and walk out of the station, you would have several diesel autos and or RTC buses waiting for you to take you to the Mantralayam Town and drop you off close to the temple on the banks of river TungaBhadra.
Rates As on 30 Jan 2018:
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Share Auto - Rs 30/- per head...
RTC...
more... Bus - Rs 13/- per head...
What is cost of diesel auto per person as on today. And What are rtc buses.
20/- on sharing basis for diesel auto. Bus fare would be 10/-.
Now its Rs.30/- per head for share auto.
Excellent.. They increased ? I think its been 4 years. They might have increased it for sure.
Yeah...I went there 2 months back and paid 30rs per head...bus frequency has reduced a lot and share autos are the only alternative :(
3 months back I went to mantralayam. I took Rayalaseema express from Begumpet. Train reached Mantralayam road station at 11:00 PM. As i went for the first time i thought whether transportation will be available at night 11:00. But to my surprise lot of autos are available. This is a good thing. I think based on the train timings these autos are available at night time also.
Latest Rates just 15 days back visited MALM
Share Auto - Rs 30/- per head...
RTC Bus - Rs 13/- per head...
How long does it take for darshan? Can you give some idea!?
Normal days it will be not more then 30mins...
In festival days,holidays & special days it will be not more than 1hr...
Retiring rooms are available at station building and as you can see in the attached picture, the details are as follows:
AC retiring room - 1 room
Non AC retiring room - 2 rooms
Non AC dormitory beds - 4.
Outside...
more... station building, share autos are available round the clock to visit Mantralayam which is around 16 kms away from station. They charge Rs. 20/- per head. Also RTC buses are available occasionally.
Inside station, waiting rooms are available (A separate ladies waiting room and a common one) at platform one near Station master's room. Also 2 Vegetarian light refreshment stalls are there along with a Vijaya milk parlour in platform 1.
Nothing is available in platform 2 & 3 and is catered by vendors when train arrives.
Useful info.What are the charges,Ashok?
It's in pic sir. I have not mentioned again as rates are subjected to change anytime.
Train halts(technical) for 10 minutes at MALM, Mantralayam Road for water refilling. This is the time to have a nice breakfast. You have Hot Upma with lime pickle, Puri-Bhaji & Lemon rice.
Photo added to give you the taste of it right here..