Tanakpur Railway Station (TPU): Trains, Timings and Taxi

Trains at Tanakpur

22 trains, every one starting or ending here. Times are as published; trains run late in winter fog, so check the running status on the day.

Days are the days a train leaves its first station; +1 means the next day.

Times from enquiry.indianrail.gov.in and confirmtkt.com, checked 22 Oct 2026. Trains change; check NTES or IRCTC before you travel.

About Tanakpur Railway Station

• The station is on North Eastern Railway, Izzatnagar division. Wikipedia gives its height as 263 m and lists broad gauge track. (en.wikipedia.org, last updated 2026-08-25)
• A metre gauge train first reached Tanakpur in 1918. The line became broad gauge on 22 February 2018, and electric engines started on 12 March 2021. (amarujala.com, 2024-01-14)

At the station

• In January 2024 the station had three platforms and four passenger sheds. A Rs 7 crore Amrit Bharat upgrade was under way to add two platforms (five in all) and two more sheds, with a platform about 550 m long and 11 m wide. The building has a temple-style look. (amarujala.com, 2024-01-14)

From Tanakpur to the hills

By road, the shorter of two routers on OpenStreetMap. Hill roads are slow: allow about 25 to 30 km an hour once the climb begins.

• The district site calls Tanakpur the nearest railhead for Pithoragarh, about 138 km away, and says buses and taxis wait outside the station. (pithoragarh.nic.in, last updated 2019-05-28)
• Uttarakhand Transport Corporation runs routes from Tanakpur to Dharchula via Pithoragarh, to Jhulaghat via Pithoragarh and to Bageshwar via Berinag. Long-distance buses from Delhi and Dehradun to Pithoragarh and Jhulaghat also run via Tanakpur. (utconline.uk.gov.in)
• The UTC ordinary bus timetable lists a Tanakpur to Berinag bus at 05:30. (utconline.uk.gov.in)
• In July 2026 the Tanakpur roadways depot had stopped its Jhulaghat and Munsiyari services for lack of buses, and ran only one bus to Nainital. The depot has 103 corporation buses. In June it asked for 30 new hill buses and 20 for the plains. (amarujala.com, 2026-07-19)
• In October 2026 the Lohaghat depot was down to 27 buses on 13 routes. With fewer government buses, passengers were paying two to three times more in private taxis. (amarujala.com, 2026-10-12)
• On 21 October 2026 the Almora depot cancelled its Tanakpur bus for lack of drivers. The depot says the route runs normally on other days. (amarujala.com, 2026-10-22)
• Taxi cars and Max jeeps carry passengers between Champawat and Tanakpur. In September 2024 the usual fare was Rs 300 a person by taxi car and Rs 250 by Max. When the Swala danger zone was closed to light vehicles from 06:00 to 12:00 and traffic went round via Devidhura, fares rose to Rs 1,000 and Rs 750. (amarujala.com, 2024-09-21)
• In June 2026 transport officials checked taxis at Tanakpur and Champawat and fined more than 10 vehicles, mostly for not showing a fare list. Passengers said drivers quote different fares, and taxis coming from Pithoragarh had no fare list either. (amarujala.com, 2026-06-14)

Where to stay: stays in Pithoragarh, stays in Almora, stays in Chaukori, stays in Munsiyari, stays in Gunji.

Before you travel

• A 5 July 2026 report gave a 10:45 departure from Tanakpur for the Nanded train. The regular timetable from 14 July, confirmed by NTES, is 09:00. Use the later time. (amarujala.com, 2026-07-05)
• NTES lists no 14555/14556 Tanakpur-Delhi Express at Tanakpur, though Wikipedia and ConfirmTkt still show it. The daily Delhi train is the 12035/12036 Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi. (enquiry.indianrail.gov.in)
• The Maa Purnagiri mela starts right after Holi each year and lasts about three months. Lakhs of pilgrims come, and mela special trains run from several Uttar Pradesh cities. (amarujala.com, 2026-08-23)
• etrain.info still shows older times for some Tanakpur trains: 12035 at 11:25 (NTES 11:20), 12036 arriving at 16:00 (NTES 16:10), the Triveni trains at 08:25 (NTES 08:10) and 55322/55323 ending at Pilibhit. It also leaves out 55321 and 55324. NTES and ConfirmTkt agree, so the times here follow NTES. (etrain.info)

Lately

• By August 2026 both new passenger sheds were finished, the first before the previous Purnagiri mela. Railway staff said an escalator and a lift had started working and the station upgrade was in its last stage. (amarujala.com, 2026-08-23)
• Tanakpur is one of 11 Uttarakhand stations on the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme list released by the Railway Ministry. (pib.gov.in, 2023-02-10)
• An October 2024 report put the Amrit Bharat budget for Tanakpur at Rs 15.98 crore, one of 17 stations being rebuilt in the Izzatnagar division. (patrika.com, 2024-10-20)
• A new weekly Hazur Sahib Nanded-Tanakpur Express (17631/17632) was flagged off from Tanakpur in early July 2026. Regular runs began on 12 July from Nanded (Sundays, 23:40) and on 14 July from Tanakpur (Tuesdays, 09:00). (amarujala.com, 2026-07-07)
• The Nanded train has 32 coaches: 2 AC two-tier, 4 AC three-tier, 11 sleeper, 8 general and 4 general coaches for women. It runs via Akola, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bina, Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra Cantt, Mathura and Bareilly. (freepressjournal.in, 2026-07-06)
• In July 2026 the Tanakpur-Achhnera special (05061/05062) became a regular train, renumbered 15093/15094. The report said regular status cuts the fare by up to 30 percent. (amarujala.com, 2026-07-05)
• The Railway Minister approved running the Tanakpur-Pilibhit passenger (55322/55323) on to Shahjahanpur via Bisalpur in May 2026. NTES now shows 55322 leaving Tanakpur at 07:00 for Shahjahanpur and 55323 arriving back at 16:50. (amarujala.com, 2026-05-27)
• The Dehradun-Tanakpur Express (15019/15020) began as a weekly train, approved in March 2024. (himantar.com, 2024-03-02)
• In October 2025 the Railway Ministry approved running the Dehradun-Tanakpur Express three days a week instead of once. NTES now shows 15019 leaving Dehradun on Wed, Fri and Sun and 15020 leaving Tanakpur on Tue, Thu and Sat. (aninews.in, 2025-10-28)
• From Wednesday 14 October 2026 the Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi (12035/12036, Tanakpur-Delhi) has four more second sitting coaches for good. It now has 12 second sitting coaches and 16 coaches in all, up from 8 and 12. (amarujala.com, 2026-10-15)
• Because of fog, the Tanakpur-Singrauli (15074/15073) and Tanakpur-Shaktinagar (15076/15075) Triveni trains will be cancelled on set weekdays from December 2026 to February 2027. (etvbharat.com, 2026-10-21)
• The Railway Minister told the Lok Sabha that the field survey for the 170 km Tanakpur-Bageshwar line is done and a detailed project report is ready. It is costed at Rs 48,692 crore. It still needs talks with the state and NITI Aayog and Finance Ministry approval, and no timeline was given. (pioneeredge.in, 2025-08-20)
• In July 2025 the Centre asked the Uttarakhand government for its formal consent before work on the Tanakpur-Bageshwar line could start. (etvbharat.com, 2025-07-31)
• Debris shut the Tanakpur-Champawat NH 09 at the Swala danger zone from 29 August 2025. After ten days it reopened only for small vehicles going from Champawat to Tanakpur, 09:00 to 17:00. Traffic from Tanakpur had to use the Lalwapani and Sukhidhang alternate roads. (etvbharat.com, 2025-09-08)
• In August 2026 the Champawat-Tanakpur NH was still risky in rain, with an active landslide near Santola in Barakot block. The NH engineer said protection work is due at about 20 places between Champawat and Tanakpur. (amarujala.com, 2026-08-16)
• On 18 August 2026 heavy rain closed the Tanakpur-Tawaghat highway near Bagdihat in Pithoragarh district, with an ambulance among the stuck vehicles. 25 roads were closed in the district. (theindiadaily.com, 2026-08-18)
• On 28 September 2026 heavy debris near Singda closed the NH in Champawat district even after the rain had stopped. (amarujala.com, 2026-09-28)

The weather at Tanakpur now

At Tanakpur, beside it, at 255 m.

Tanakpur weather: the next 24 hours, 10 days and every month.

Temples near Tanakpur

• Purnagiri Temple: 17 km by road
• Baleshwar Temple: 75 km by road
• Reetha Sahib: 159 km by road

Other stations and airports near Tanakpur

• Rudrapur City Railway Station: 93 km by road
• Haldwani Railway Station: 97 km by road
• Lalkuan Junction Railway Station: 98 km by road
• Pantnagar Airport: 100 km by road
• Kathgodam Railway Station: 102 km by road