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.
When does booking open for your Delhi–Dehradun date?
Pick your travel date to see the morning booking opens.
Try the train first. We tell you on opening morning whether it's confirmed. If it isn't, there are still about two months to book a flight for the same date, and a day or two that far out rarely changes the fare much.
Count from the day the train leaves its starting station. A few short-distance trains open later than 60 days.
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)
Want the Dehradun Shatabdi specifically?
Which Dehradun Shatabdi class actually confirms →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
We read the quota
An app shows you a number. We tell you whether that number will actually clear on this route.
We work the Tatkal window
Agents at the terminal for 10:00 AC and 11:00 Sleeper, every day — not on request.
Confirmed or refunded
You approve the plan and pay. If we can't confirm you, you get 100% back.
Guides for this booking
What our customers say
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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.