Devbhoomi Dehradun to Ayodhya Dham Bus Service Commences | Check Fare, Routes & Timings

Dehrun: Ahe of grand inauguration of Ram Mandir on January 22, Uttarakhand Transport Corporation has started a bus service from ‘Devbhoomi’ Dehrun to Ayodhya ‘Dham’ on directions issued by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.

bus will depart from Dehrun at 11:30 am and reach Ayodhya at 5 am next day and will depart from Ayodhya at 3 pm and reach Dehrun at 8 am next day, stated an official release by Uttarakhand Chief Minister office.

total fare of this bus service operating from Dehrun to Ayodhya has been kept at Rs 1095.

Earlier this month, in a meeting with Uttarakhand transport department, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh outlined a need to initiate bus service from Dehrun, Haldwani, and Haridwar to Ayodhya to accommodate increasing number of devotees and tourists.

ditionally, Chief Minister also urged Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to extend proposed Vande Bharat Rail service from Dehrun-Lucknow to Ayodhya ahe of grand consecration ceremony of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir on January 22.

Chief Minister said that with extension of Vande Bharat Rail service till Shri Ayodhya Dham, travel from Uttarakhand to Ayodhya will become much easier for residents of Uttarakhand as well as devotees coming to Devbhoomi.

Indian Railways has announced to run more than 1000 trains from different parts of country to accommodate citizens visiting Ayodhya during first 100 days of Ram Mandir. se trains will start operating from January 19, days ahe of consecration ceremony, allowing pilgrims to travel to and from Ayodhya city.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, earlier, in December inaugurated redeveloped Ayodhya railway station in Ayodhya.

three-storey modern railway station is equipped with all modern features and amenities such as elevators, escalators, food plazas, shops for puja needs, cloakrooms, child care rooms, and waiting halls.

station has been me 'accessible for all' and will be an 'IGBC-certified green station building'. Phase I of redeveloped Ayodhya railway station -- rechristened as Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station -- has been developed at a cost of more than Rs 240 crore.