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How to Reach

By Road


Nainital is connected by good roads to all the major national & state highways. It takes about 7 to 8 hours to travel the distance between Delhi & Nainital (320 Kms.). Taxis are readily available from Delhi, and there are some overnight private luxury buses, as well as state run buses.


By Train

The nearest rail head is Kathgodam (34 Kms.). It takes one hour to drive up from Kathgodam to Nainital by taxi. Taxis are available at Kathgodam station at the arrival of trains.

Railway Time Table (Trains starting from Kathgodam)

Train No

Train Name

Departure

Arrival

Days

12039

Kathgodam New Delhi Shatabdi Express

(15:35)        KATHGODAM (KGM)

(21:10)                    NEW DELHI (NDLS)

Daily

12207

Kathgodam Jammu Tawi Garib Rath Express

(18:30)   KATHGODAM (KGM)

(09:45)                       JAMMU TAWI (JAT)

Tue

13020

Bagh Express  

(21:45)                  KATHGODAM (KGM)

(12:40)                  HOWRAH JN (HWH)

Daily

15014

Ranikhet Express

(20:35)                  KATHGODAM (KGM)

(23:25)             JAISALMER (JSM)

Daily

15044

Kathgodam Lucknow Junction Express

(10:55)                  KATHGODAM (KGM)

(18:45)                LUCKNOW NE (LJN)

Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri, Sat

14119

Kathgodam Dehradun Express

(19:45)                  KATHGODAM (KGM)

(04:30)            DEHRADUN (DDN)

Daily

12092

Naini Doon Jan S

(05:30)                  KATHGODAM (KGM)

(12:30)            DEHRADUN (DDN)

Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun

12210

Kathgodam Kanpur Garib Rath Express     

(19:10)              KATHGODAM (KGM)

(04:35)                  KANPUR CENTRAL(CNB)

Mon

15036

Uttarakhand Sampark Kranti Express

(08:45)                  KATHGODAM (KGM)

(15:25)                      DELHI (DLI)

Daily

Railway Time Table (Trains going to Kathgodam)

Train   No

Train Name

Departure

Arrival

Days

12040

New Delhi Kathgodam Shatabdi Express

(06:00)                         NEW DELHI (NDLS)

(11:40)            KATHGODAM (KGM)         

Daily

12208

Jammu Tawi Kathgodam Garib Rath Express

(23:15)                     JAMMU TAWI (JAT)

(14:50)            KATHGODAM (KGM)

Tue

13019

Bagh Express  

(21:45)                  HOWRAH JN (HWH)

(09:25)            KATHGODAM (KGM)

Daily

15013

Ranikhet Express

(01:00)              JAISALMER (JSM)

(05:05)            KATHGODAM (KGM)

Daily

15043

Lucknow Kathgodam Junction Express

(23:25)                LUCKNOW NE (LJN)

(08:10)            KATHGODAM (KGM)

Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat

14120

Dehradun Kathgodam Express

(22:35)               DEHRADUN (DDN)

(07:20)            KATHGODAM (KGM)

Daily

12091

Naini Doon Jan S

(15:45)              DEHRADUN (DDN)

(23:35)            KATHGODAM (KGM)

Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun

12209

Kanpur Kathgodam Garib Rath Express

(06:15)                   KANPUR CENTRAL (CNB)

(14:50)            KATHGODAM (KGM)

Mon

15035

Uttarakhand Sampark Kranti Express

(16:00)                       DELHI (DLI)

(22:40)            KATHGODAM (KGM)

Daily

By Air

The nearest airport is Pantnagar (70 Kms). It takes about 2 hours to drive from Pantnagar to Nainital. Currently there are following flights for/from Pantnagar.

Flight No

Flight Name

Departure

Arrival

Days

AI-9816

Air India

(14:10)  Pantnagar

(15:10)  New Delhi

Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun

AI-9815

Air India

(09:55)  New Delhi

(10:55)   Pantnagar

Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun

AI-9823

Air India

(11:25)   Pantnagar

(12:30)   Dehradun

Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun

AI-9824

Air India

(13:00)   Dehradun

(13:50)   Pantnagar

Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun

About

Dr. Raghunandan Singh Tolia Uttarakhand Academy of Administration UAoA (Uttarakhand Academy of Administration) originally established as Officers' Training School (O.T.S.) at Allahabad in 1951, was shifted to Nainital in 1971. In 1974 the institution was renamed as Administrative Training Institute (A.T.I.) and in 1988 it was raised to the status of Uttar Pradesh Academy of Administration (UPAA). In the year 2000, after creation of Uttaranchal as a separate state, the academy was named as Uttaranchal Academy of Administration (UAoA). Now Academy is known as Dr. Raghunandan Singh Tolia Uttarakhand Academy of Administration (DRTSUAoA).