Travel
information in Haridwar
Travel
Air
Jolly Grant Airport is 22 km north west of Haridwar. There are daily flights to Delhi on Indian Air lines.
During the season there are daily helicopter flights to Badrinath and Kedarnath 45 min journey.
Rail
The Mussoorie Express departs from the Old Delhi station in the night and arrives in Haridwar early morning before continuing on to Dehra Dun. It departs from Haridwar at night to return to Delhi. Other trains to Delhi are the Bombay Express and the Dehra Dun Express.
To Mussoorie there is the Mussoorie Express daily.
You can get a direct train to Bombay 40hr, Calcutta 35 hr, Vananasi 20 hr, 850 km, Janata Express, Lucknow 11 hr, Ujjain, and Gaya. The Doon Express goes to Calcutta via Lucknow and Gaya. The Ujjain Dehradun Exp departs for Mathura (9 hr) via Delhi. From Mathura the Ujjain Dehradun Exp goes to Haridwar .
Bus
There are many buses to and from Delhi (6 hr, 222 km), both local and express. Buses to Delhi leave from the Station Bus Stand almost every half hour.
There are direct semi-luxury buses that depart in the morning for Delhi. They can be booked at the many travel agents or your hotel in advance. There is an air-conditioned luxury bus that departs from Haridwar to Delhi. This same bus, which departs from Delhi for Haridwar, can be booked in Delhi at the Delhi Tourism Development Corporation office at the Coffee House, Baba Kharak Singh Marg or at one of Delhi Tourism's other offices. This bus should be booked at least a day in advance. Buses to Haridwar depart from the Interstate Bus Terminal at Kashmiri Gate in Delhi. Private luxury buses to Haridwar from Delhi should be booked in advance with a travel agent.
From Haridwar, you can get buses to Manali (13 hr), Kullu, Agra, Chandigarh, Shimla, Badrinath (14 hr), Gangotri, and Uttarkashi. There are hourly buses to Dehra Dun, where you can get a connection to Mussoorie. There are regular local buses to Kurukshetra (4 hr).
There is a semi-luxury (five seats across) overnight bus from Vrindavana via Mathura that departs at around 8 pm. It is a good idea to purchase tickets in advance. If you want to get any sleep at all you should purchase two seats, because the seats of this bus are very close together. The bus takes about 10 hours to arrive in Haridwar.
You can and should purchase a ticket one day in advance for a Char Dhama destination. Buses to Kedarnath and Badrinath depart in the early morning.
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