Dehra Dun Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Local transport

Taxi

A taxi to Mussoorie officially costs Rs 400. A share taxi should cost Rs 50 per person and both can be found in front of the train station. Taxis charge Rs 650 to Rishikesh or Haridwar.

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Land

Bus

Although a few buses still leave from the Old Delhi bus stand, almost all long-distance buses arrive and depart from the huge, modern Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) at Clement Town, 5km south of the city centre. To get there take a local bus (Rs 4), vikram 5 (Rs 4) or an autorickshaw (Rs 50). A few Mussoorie buses leave from here but most go from the Mussoorie bus stand next to the train station.

Train

Dehra Dun is well connected by train to Delhi, and there are a handful of services to Lucknow, Varanasi, Kolkata (Calcutta) and Amritsar. The best service linking Dehra Dun and Delhi is the daily Shatabdi Express (chair/executive Rs 470/920) which leaves New Delhi at 6.55am and reaches Dehra Dun at 12.40pm. The return trip leaves Dehra Dun at 5pm. It’s not worth paying the extra for executive class.

The daily Mussoorie Express (sleeper/3AC/2AC Rs 146/412/592, 11 hours) is an overnight service that leaves Delhi Sarai Rohilla station at 9.10pm, arriving at Dehra Dun at 8am. The return trip leaves Dehra Dun at 9.30pm.

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Air

Air Deccan has one daily flight from Delhi to Dehra Dun’s Jolly Grant airport, about 20km east of the city on the Haridwar road. Internet fares for the one-hour flight start at Rs 1650. A taxi from the airport costs Rs 250.

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