Delhi to Lohaghat: Distance, Route and How to Reach
Delhi to Lohaghat is 419 km by road, through Moradabad, Rudrapur, Tanakpur and Champawat. One train starts from Delhi for the hills: the Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi (12036), daily, to Tanakpur, 88 km short of Lohaghat. Alliance Air flies Delhi to Pithoragarh (on Tue, Thu, Sat), 65 km from Lohaghat by road.
Delhi to Lohaghat in numbers
- By road
- 419 km, Delhi to Lohaghat
- As the crow flies
- 291 km
- Through
- Moradabad, Rampur, Rudrapur, Tanakpur, Champawat
- Lohaghat stands at
- 1,754 m
- Nearest station
- Tanakpur, 88 km by road
- Nearest airport
- Pithoragarh Airport, 65 km by road
- Direct trains from Delhi
- 1, to Tanakpur
- Direct flights from Delhi
- Alliance Air to Pithoragarh
The weather now at Lohaghat, and the next 7 days
For the town's own height, 1,754 m, refreshed through the day. Highs and lows in °C; times IST. Lohaghat weather: 10 days and every month
Lohaghat1,754 m
11°CClear
Now, 19:02 IST · wind 5 km/h
- Clear11° 9°Dry
- Mostly clear20° 8°Dry
- Mostly clear20° 9°Dry
- Clear20° 8°Dry
- Clear20° 8°Dry
- Clear19° 8°Dry
- Clear20° 8°Dry
Forecast for 1,754 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
The ways to go from Delhi
| Way | How | Then |
|---|---|---|
| By car or taxi | 419 km by road through Rudrapur, Tanakpur and Champawat | The whole way by road |
| By train | Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi (12036), daily to Tanakpur | Tanakpur to Lohaghat: 88 km by road |
| By air | Alliance Air to Pithoragarh | Pithoragarh to Lohaghat: 65 km by road |
| By bus | Direct buses, listed below with their sources |
The road from Delhi to Lohaghat, town by town
The road climbs from 221 m at Delhi to 1,754 m at Lohaghat; the climb begins at Tanakpur, 332 km out, and the last 87 km are mountain road.
| Town | From Delhi | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Hapur | 77 km | about 210 m |
| Garhmukteshwar | 93 km | about 210 m |
| Gajraula | 117 km | about 210 m |
| Moradabad | 179 km | about 200 m |
| Rampur | 215 km | about 190 m |
| Rudrapur | 242 km | about 210 m |
| Kichha | 255 km | about 210 m |
| Sitarganj | 283 km | about 220 m |
| Tanakpur | 332 km | 255 m |
| Sukhidhang | 354 km | about 1,260 m |
| Chalthi | 368 km | about 660 m |
| Champawat | 402 km | 1,610 m |
| Lohaghat | 419 km | 1,754 m |
One temple stands beside this road: Baleshwar Temple, 404 km from Delhi.
By train or by air
One train starts from Delhi for the hills: the Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi (12036), daily, leaving at 06:25 and reaching Tanakpur at 16:10. From the station it is 88 km by road from Tanakpur to Lohaghat.
These are the trains that start in Delhi; trains from farther away that stop there are on the station pages. Days are the days a train leaves its first station. Times change: check the train on the railway's own site before you book. Sources: enquiry.indianrail.gov.in, confirmtkt.com.
Alliance Air flies Delhi to Pithoragarh. From the airport it is 65 km by road from Pithoragarh to Lohaghat.
Small airports change their flights often: check with the airline for your dates. Sources: ixigo.com, amarujala.com.
By bus or shared taxi
Buses
- UTC's timetable (checked 23 Oct 2026) lists four Delhi Anand Vihar to Lohaghat ordinary buses: 4:30 PM (arrives 7:00 AM), 5:30 PM (8:00 AM), 8:00 PM (9:00 AM) and 11:00 PM (12:00 noon). The stop lists for the 4:30, 5:30 and 11:00 PM buses show the Tanakpur road via Moradabad, Rudrapur, Khatima, Tanakpur and Champawat. (utconline.uk.gov.in)
- Only the 8:00 PM Delhi to Lohaghat bus was open for online booking for 26 Oct 2026: via Tanakpur, 429 km, Rs 770 a seat. The others are sold at the bus station. (utconline.uk.gov.in)
Bus times and fares change with the season: check with the operator on the day.
Good to know on this road
- In Aug 2026 Amar Ujala reported danger zones at Santola and Singda in the Barakot area of the national highway, with some stretches narrowed to one vehicle at a time; work at Santola was waiting on a tender, and machines were kept at sensitive spots. (amarujala.com, 18 Aug 2026)
- The Champawat district site puts Lohaghat about 14 km from Champawat town and 62 km from Pithoragarh, on the Pithoragarh to Tanakpur road. (champawat.nic.in)
- On 21 Oct 2026 the Lohaghat depot ran 12 services, including four to Delhi, two to Dehradun, and buses to Gurugram, Faridabad, Paonta Sahib, Bareilly, Nainital and Haldwani, and added an extra bus to Tanakpur for the post Navratri rush to the plains. (amarujala.com, 21 Oct 2026)
- In Oct 2026 the Lohaghat depot had 27 buses on 13 routes (34 in June 2025) and needed 20 more. Routes to Kanpur, Chandigarh, Bareilly, Kashipur and Simalkhet had been off for a long time, and riders were paying two to three times the usual fare in private taxis. (amarujala.com, 12 Oct 2026)
Questions about Delhi to Lohaghat
419 km by road from Delhi to Lohaghat, measured on OpenStreetMap; the road runs through Moradabad, Rampur, Rudrapur, Tanakpur and Champawat. As the crow flies it is 291 km.
By road it is 419 km the whole way. By train, the Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi (12036) runs daily to Tanakpur, then 88 km by road. By air, Alliance Air flies to Pithoragarh, 65 km from Lohaghat by road.
Tanakpur (TPU), 88 km by road to Lohaghat. From the station the rest is by road.
Pithoragarh Airport (NNS), 65 km by road to Lohaghat. Check the flights for your dates: the last stretch is always by road.
UTC's timetable (checked 23 Oct 2026) lists four Delhi Anand Vihar to Lohaghat ordinary buses: 4:30 PM (arrives 7:00 AM), 5:30 PM (8:00 AM), 8:00 PM (9:00 AM) and 11:00 PM (12:00 noon). The stop lists for the 4:30, 5:30 and 11:00 PM buses show the Tanakpur road via Moradabad, Rudrapur, Khatima, Tanakpur and Champawat.
Lohaghat from other cities
- Lohaghat weather, now and by month
- Haldwani to Lohaghat182 km by road
- Tanakpur to Lohaghat87 km by road
From Delhi to the other places on the road
How we made this page
The road is OpenStreetMap's, routed for a car by two public routers (OSRM and Valhalla), the shorter of the two kept; a town is on it when it lies within a few hundred metres of the line (a village) or 2.5 km (a town centre). Heights are the site's published figures, else a 90 m elevation model, shown as "about". Trains and flights are from the railway and airline timetables, buses and taxis from the operators and the news, each linked where it is used. No drive times: a router's times are plains times. If anything here is out of date, tell us on WhatsApp.
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