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New Delhi to Dharamsala

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from New Delhi to Dharamsala. From €46.54, fastest 5h 26m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

New Delhi to Dharamsala runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €46.54, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 26m over 415 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €46.54, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€46.54

  • 159%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving New Delhi

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €121.89Thu24
  2. about €102.64Fri25
  3. about €83.94Sat26
  4. about €76.79Sun27
  5. about €76.24Mon28
  6. about €69.64Tue29
  7. about €55.89Wed30
  8. about €74.59Thu1
  9. about €61.94Fri2
  10. about €66.89Sat3
  11. about €67.99Sun4
  12. about €55.89Mon5
  13. about €55.34Tue6
  14. about €57.54Wed7
  15. about €62.49Thu8
  16. about €52.04Fri9
  17. about €57.54Sat10
  18. about €59.19Sun11
  19. about €49.29Mon12
  20. about €46.54Tue13
  21. about €54.79Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Dharamsala. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Dharamsala for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Kangra Railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book New Delhi to Dharamsala

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €47.0990 days
  2. €53.6960 days
  3. €55.3445 days
  4. €56.4430 days
  5. €54.7921 days
  6. €57.5414 days
  7. €55.897 days
  8. €83.943 days
  9. €121.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €47.09.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €121.89, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€121.89€47.09137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to New Delhi to Dharamsala and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

415 km

409 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

317,79730,764

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

ChinaPakistanAfghanistanNepalLahoreLahorePeshawarPeshawarKabulKabulRawalpindiRawalpindiJaipurJaipurKanpurKanpurGujranwalaGujranwalaMultanMultanLudhianaLudhianaQuettaQuettaKathmanduKathmanduAgraAgraBannuBannuSrinagarSrinagarJodhpurJodhpurGwaliorGwaliorNew DelhiNew DelhiDharamsalaDharamsalaMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 415 km against 409 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Chandigarh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from DHM into Dharamsala is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Dharamsala

Settled in advance, so the ride into Dharamsala costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

Dharamsala is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Kangra Railway station

Most of the points near Kangra Railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about New Delhi to Dharamsala

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from New Delhi to Dharamsala?

The fastest journey from New Delhi to Dharamsala takes 5h 26m door to door, of which 2h 31m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 36m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from New Delhi to Dharamsala?

The cheapest fare from New Delhi to Dharamsala is €46.54, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €61.94. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from New Delhi to Dharamsala?

The cheapest way from New Delhi to Dharamsala is by train, at €46.54 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 5h 36m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book New Delhi to Dharamsala?

Fares from New Delhi to Dharamsala bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €47.09. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 159 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for New Delhi to Dharamsala?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from New Delhi to Dharamsala, at €55.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for New Delhi to Dharamsala?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from New Delhi to Dharamsala, at €45.99 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from New Delhi to Dharamsala?

2 operators sell services from New Delhi to Dharamsala across 1 mode: IndiGo Airlines, Northern Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from New Delhi to Dharamsala?

0 percent of the services we sell from New Delhi to Dharamsala are direct. The rest connect at Chandigarh, with about 68 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from New Delhi to Dharamsala use?

Services from New Delhi to Dharamsala by train leave from New Delhi station and arrive at Kangra Airport DHM. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from New Delhi to Dharamsala?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from New Delhi to Dharamsala allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for New Delhi to Dharamsala on September 23, 2026: 415 km of route against 409 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €46.54, and 5h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Dharamsala is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Dharamsala and across India

Day trips that leave Dharamsala in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.

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The two ends, compared

New Delhi reaches 259 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 25 to 14,429 km. Dharamsala reaches 38 places in 1 countries, from 63 to 2,165 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving New Delhi

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  • 48Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Dharamsala

Leaving Dharamsala

  • 38Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 4Operators

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