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Kipling Trail (also known as Kipling Road) is the old walking route that connects Dehradun with the hill station of Mussoorie in India. It was the only means of reaching Mussoorie before the cart roads, for tongas, or roads for automobiles were constructed.
Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board, in Dehradun city in the Dehradun district of the Indian state Uttarakhand. It is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the state capital of Dehradun and 290 km (180 mi) north of the national capital of New Delhi .
The Haridwar–Dehradun line, which was the continuation of the branch line of Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway from Laksar on the main line to Haridwar, was opened in 1900. Dehradun was the terminus of this 77 km (48 mi) long line. [2] The railway track between Haridwar and Dehradun was sanctioned on 18 November 1896. [3]
Dehradun Coach Number S6,S7,S8 ENDS ON HARIDWAR: Stops: 17: Distance travelled: 339 km (211 mi) Average journey time: 10 hours 40 minutes as 14041 Old Delhi Junction–Dehradun Mussoorie Express, 11 hours 05 minutes as 14042 Dehradun–Old Delhi Junction Mussoorie Express. Service frequency: Daily: Train number(s) 14041 / 14042: On-board ...
The Delhi–Saharanpur–Dehradun Expressway, also known as National Highway 709B (NH 709B), [2] [3] is an under-construction, 210 kilometres (130 mi) long, 12/6 lane access-controlled expressway, which will connect Delhi, the national capital of India, with Dehradun, the capital of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
The area is known as Jaunsar-Bawar, [2]. In 1901, Chakrata Tehsil was part of the Dehradun district, of United Provinces, with a collective population of 51,101, which consisted of the towns of Chakrata (population 1250) and Kalsi, with a population of 760, [2] which is most known for the rock edict of the Mauryan king Ashoka 2nd century BC, first discovered by John Forest, in 1860.
The Mahasu Devta Temple is about 180 km from Dehradun via Chakrata. It takes about seven hours from this route. The road is narrow and difficult during rainy season. Another route to reach this temple is via Mussoorie, Purola, Naugaon. This route is much better than the former one and takes approximately the same time to reach.
Kanatal is 78 km from Dehradun (capital of the State Uttarakhand), 38 km from Mussoorie and 18 km from Chamba. It is on the Chamba-Mussoorie road and nearly 300 km from Delhi . [ 1 ]