Delhi to Dehradun train tickets
A short hill-bound corridor with a distinctly seasonal shape — summer and long weekends carry demand that midweek winter dates simply do not.
- Distance
- about 300 km
- Journey
- roughly 5.5–9 hours
- From
- New Delhi (NDLS)
- To
- Dehradun (DDN)
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Who travels Delhi to Dehradun, and when
Leisure travel dominates: families escaping the Delhi summer, weekenders, and onward traffic to Mussoorie and Rishikesh. Peaks are sharp and predictable around school holidays and any three-day weekend.
Short route, so waitlists move slowly. The pattern that catches people out is booking outbound on a Friday and return on a Sunday — both the hardest slots on the corridor. Splitting the return by a day, or taking an early-morning rather than evening service, is usually the difference between confirmed and waitlisted.
Stations on this route
- Boarding in Delhi
- New Delhi (NDLS), Delhi (DLI)
- Arriving in Dehradun
- Dehradun (DDN)
Booking Delhi–Dehradun without getting caught out
- Old Delhi station serves some services on this line and is slower to reach from Gurgaon and South Delhi than New Delhi. Check which one you have.
- Long weekends are the crunch, not the season as a whole. A midweek summer date is often wide open.
- Going on to Mussoorie or Rishikesh? Arrival time matters more than departure time — tell us and we will pick accordingly.
Why book Dehradun through us rather than an app
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Confirmed or refunded
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Delhi to Dehradun, answered
Why is a short route so hard to book in summer?+
Because demand is compressed into a handful of dates — school holidays and long weekends — rather than spread across the season. On a midweek date outside those, the same route is usually straightforward.
Which Delhi station should I use?+
New Delhi for most services and the easier one to reach from most of NCR. Some trains on this line use Old Delhi, which is a slower run from Gurgaon and South Delhi — worth knowing before the morning of travel.