Originally Posted by
ghia74
Thanks for the feedback. It looks like the New Dehli to Agra train leaves at 6:00 am, I guess it is a good option if we can there in time. I arrive at 3 am which leaves 3 hours to get though customs (we will only have carryons so no waiting for luggage, get to the train station, and buy tickets.
Yes, that's fairly realistic -- however, you
must buy your tickets beforehand! The popular trains are sold out weeks in advance and trying to buy tickets at a major station like Delhi is a nightmare anyway. You can do it online, and while it's somewhat bewildering and extremely bureaucratic, it more or less works in the end. (A good primer for India.)
So noted about the Mughal, for the amount of time we are there will just be used for a bathroom and place to sleep. If they do not have a shuttle I do not mind the 2.5 mile walk, and there is always the auto rickshaw.
Nobody walks anywhere in India unless they have to. Here's a hint at why, regrettably without Smell-O-Vision though:
http://jpatokal.iki.fi/photo/travel/...JamaMasjid.JPG
(That's Old Delhi, BTW, not Agra. But Agra is worse because the shopkeepers are positively rabid.)