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The 99 km route starts from a "Y" fork at Karnaprayag off under construction Rishikesh–Karnaprayag Railway, goes via Saikot and ends at Sonprayag where people can trek further 13 km to Kedarnath. [1] Rishikesh–Karnaprayag Railway is also an under construction new railway link extension from the existing Rishikesh railway station to ...
B. Kedarnath–Badrinath spurs: Main spur will go to Kedarnath which will also Y–fork for another spur to Badrinath. B1. Karnaprayag–Saikot–Sonprayag Kedarnath Railway 99 km long route will have the following 7 stations: Karnaprayag, Siwai, Saikot Junction, Bairath, Chopta, Makkumath and Sonprayag near Gaurikund. The distance from ...
Gaurikund (trek 12.6 km to Kedarnath on foot, by pony or helicopter ride), NH 109, 76 km from Rudraprayag, Road transport goes up to Gaurikund. [7] Rishikesh–Badrinath (same route are previous one till Rudraprayag). This will take the railway and Char Dham road highway at Badrinath closer to the area of Barahoti. [9] [10] Rishikesh
View of kedarnath Temple during snowfall. Kedarnath is located at a distance of 223 km from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand and close to the source of the Mandakini River at the height of 3,583 m (11,755 ft) above sea level. [12] The township is built on a barren stretch of land on the shores of Mandakini River.
The road from Rishikesh is the first entry point to Garhwal from the plains of Uttarakhand. Rishikesh is approachable from Delhi by road over a distance of 230 km (140 mi). The road from Rishikesh leads to the Gaurikhund on the Rudraprayag–Kedarnath road from where the trekking would start to Kedarnath temple. The trek to Kedarnath is of 18 ...
A rail line was built from the Virbhadra station to the new Yog Nagari Rishikesh railway station (YNRK), built in 2020. The Rishikesh–Karnaprayag route begins at Yog Nagari Rishikesh (385 m AMSL) and ends at Karnaprayag (825 m AMSL). [12] The ₹16,200 crore project will reduce travel time between Rishikesh and Karnaprayag from 6-7 hours to 2 ...
The station acts as source station for Hemkunt Express which runs from Rishikesh to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra at 05:20 PM (IST) with train number 14609 and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Rishikesh at 04:30 PM (IST) with train number 14610. Apart from that several short and long-distance train originate from here.
As pilgrims were able to travel in mini buses, jeeps and cars to nearest points of four shrines, the Chota Char dham circuit was within the reach of people with middle income. Vehicles reach up to Badrinath temple and Gangotri, Yamunotri and Kedarnath are at a distance of 10 to 15 km from nearest motorable road.