If you feel suicidal, accept the offer of a ride from one of the
cab drivers. If not, read on.
There is a междугородний (domestic) and a международный
(international) terminal. But they are next to each other. So
whether you arrive at one or the other does matter, you walk out
of the building and you see the other.
There used to a bus 808 that goes from the airport directly to
Akademgorodok. It is no longer operating. Therefore you have to
go through town.
The safest, but not the least expensive, way to reach town is to
take the special airport bus to the main train station
Новосибирск - Главная. It has the number 111, but that number
may not be displayed on the vehicle. I think the airport own the
bus service. It has the right to park right in front of the
domestic terminal. You can recognise it by its large luggage
compartments. Other busses don't have these.
The
first
picture shows such a bus at the location of its departure to
the airport, at Площадь Гарина-Михайловского, basically the
square in front of the train station. I am not sure where
precisely it arrives, but it should be somewhere on the main
station square.
On the square, pay attention to the building of
the Гостиница «Новосибирск», as seen on the
second
picture. Take a position so that you are standing
looking at the building with
a view of the large label “Гостиница Новосибирск Hotel” from
the other side of the street running in front of the
side of the hotel building. If you see the hotel slightly
to your right, you should be very close to a place where
you can see a sign for the bus 1209, as seen on the
third
picture. This is the bus you need to take. It is very
clearly marked "М/Ж Родники Цветной Проезд".
You take it to the last stop, Цветной Проезд (colourful lane).
The journey will take at least 60 minutes but should not take
more than 75 minutes unless traffic is congested. When you get
to the Цветной Проезд bus stop, you follow
these
directions.
