Lucknow to Vaishno Devi: distance and how to reach

By road it is 1,067 km from Lucknow to Vaishno Devi – about 17 h 10 min of driving without long halts. The straight-line distance is 896 km.

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By road

Expect 1,067 km on the odometer and close to 17 h 10 min on the road. Leave early on Navratri, the New Year week and summer holidays: parking fills up fast and police divert traffic away from the temple lanes.

By train

The temple has no station of its own. The nearest railhead is Katra (SVDK), 1.7 km from the temple, with shared jeeps, buses and taxis for the last leg. Check current trains from Lucknow on IRCTC.

By air

The nearest airport is Jammu Airport, 48.8 km from the temple. From Lucknow it is usually quicker to fly there and continue by taxi or bus than to drive the whole way.

Other routes

• Kanpur to Vaishno Devi1,073 km · 17 h 5 min
• Jaipur to Vaishno Devi818 km · 13 h 40 min
• Ahmedabad to Vaishno Devi1,362 km · 21 h 55 min
• Varanasi to Vaishno Devi1,366 km · 21 h 10 min
• Noida to Vaishno Devi653 km · 10 h 45 min
• Delhi to Vaishno Devi652 km · 10 h 50 min
• Gurgaon to Vaishno Devi634 km · 10 h 45 min
• Haridwar to Vaishno Devi608 km · 10 h 45 min

Road distances and driving times are calculated from OpenStreetMap road data; driving times include a margin for Indian road conditions and are estimates, not guarantees.