[vcash]

Hello Everyone,
I need to have a car driven from Jamshedpur to Gurgaon. I think the distance is appx. 1300kms. What is the quickest route possible? And how long would it take? Ideally, I would like to do this over a weekend and by taking breaks / and not driving too quick. I figure 600kms a day should take 8 to 10 hours? Does this sound plausible? Would love to get some info from you guys.

Thanks!
vcash

[tsk1979]

Its actually close to 1500kms.
The route you take is across Varanasi-Lucknow etc., and it you may take 24 hours to cover 10kms.
NH 24 its not an ordinary highway. Its highway through hell.
Sometimes truckwallas stop on the road to take a nap. If they sleep for 8 hours you have to wait for 8 hours.
Sometimes the dual carriageway ends in a bottomless pit which will take you to patal lok.

I know I am scaring you, but be scared, be very scared.
From 2006 to 2008, it has gone from bad to worse. Its a Golden quad construction proceeding in a time space warp which is running backwards.

So don't assume 600kms a day. On a good day you will average 30kms/ hour too.
It took me 6 hours to go to Moradabad from Noida(150kms), and that too because I went off road into the villages, people struck in the jam waited for 15-20 hours.

That road often sees day long jams.
I don't have any idea about how the road is after Moradabad, but if Delhi-Moradabad stretch is any indication, it will be a long long trip.
so best is to mark 2 nights halt and 3 days travel for your trip, and whenever you find a good stretch, try to cover the max distance that day.
Lucknow to Delhi is 440kms but often takes 12 hour +

[gd1418]

Vcash: to know more about the road conditions after Mordabad till Shahjahanpur - go to http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-...onal-park.html.

My friends and I did this route in end December 2007.

[vcash]

Thanks for the info guys - I was planning to fly to Jamshedpur on Friday and drive the car back by Sunday - This is not going to be a possibility it seems - I am going to let the driver handle the perils of highway to hell - he can take his sweet time and be here whenever - I actually wanted a second occupant who could talk his way out (incase of any highway 'punga') and thought I would have rode along but this cautious travel talk scares me! Is it a good idea for the driver to come alone or should I really try and find a second person?

[suman]

Originally Posted by vcash

Is it a good idea for the driver to come alone or should I really try and find a second person?

I think its a good idea having a second person there - of course, I'm guessing that your driver will be armed with a mobile so that you can keep track?

[vcash]

Okay guys - found another passenger so the car leaves this weekend from Jamshedpur. I checked out MapmyIndia.com for travel routes and have figured out 2 routes - One is 1450 Km and the other 1370 km - Also from what I have heard the shorter route is better as it utilizes GT road which is supposedly a good highway. Let me know which one you think is better?

OPTION 1



Step 1. Start from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and head East on Kharkai Road | Distance: 9.4 Km
Total : 9.4 Km

Step 2. Turn right on Pipe Line Road | Distance: 3.6 Km
Total : 13.1 Km

Step 3. Turn left on Puruliya Road | Distance: 0.5 Km
Total : 13.6 Km

Step 4. Bear right on Hume Pipe Road | Distance: 2.8 Km
Total : 16.5 Km

Step 5. Turn left on Dimna Road | Distance: 4.5 Km
Total : 21.0 Km

Step 6. Bear left | Distance: 1003.7 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Bundu at 73.7 Km
Ranchi at 108.8 Km
Latehar at 221.9 Km
Daltonganj at 285.1 Km
Garhwa at 331.3 Km
Dudhi at 398.1 Km
Renukoot at 427.6 Km
Anpara at 456.1 Km
Singrauli at 465.4 Km
Sidhi at 596.3 Km
Govindgarh at 672.4 Km
Rampur Baghelan at 707.5 Km
Satna at 726.7 Km
Nagod at 758.3 Km
Devendranagar at 780.7 Km
Panna at 798.9 Km
Chhatarpur at 872.0 Km
Nowgong at 893.2 Km
Niwari at 974.6 Km
Barua Sagar at 983.9 Km
Jhansi at 997.2 Km
Total : 1024.7 Km

Step 7. Continue on Gwalior Road | Distance: 7.4 Km
Total : 1032.1 Km

Step 8. Continue straight | Distance: 86.9 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Datia at 19.4 Km
Dabra at 50.9 Km
Tekanpur at 61.2 Km
Total : 1119.1 Km

Step 9. Continue on University Road | Distance: 5.4 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Gwalior at 0 m
Total : 1124.5 Km

Step 10. Turn left on Maharani Laxmibai Road | Distance: 1.6 Km
Total : 1126.2 Km

Step 11. Bear right on Gandewali Sarak | Distance: 2.5 Km
Total : 1128.7 Km

Step 12. Bear right on Agra Bombay Road | Distance: 7.2 Km
Total : 1136.0 Km

Step 13. Continue straight | Distance: 111.6 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Bamor at 6.3 Km
Morena at 22.2 Km
Dhaulpur at 52.4 Km
Nainana Jat at 103.2 Km
Agra at 107.1 Km
Total : 1247.7 Km

Step 14. Turn left on Strand Road | Distance: 0.7 Km
Total : 1248.5 Km

Step 15. Turn left on Aligarh Road | Distance: 0.2 Km
Total : 1248.7 Km

Step 16. Continue on Ramratan Road | Distance: 1.6 Km
Total : 1250.3 Km

Step 17. Bear right on Mathura Road | Distance: 3.6 Km
Total : 1253.9 Km

Step 18. Continue straight | Distance: 151.7 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Farah at 24.4 Km
Bad at 39.6 Km
Aurangabad Bangar at 42.8 Km
Chaumuhan at 68.4 Km
Chhata at 79.0 Km
Kosi Kalan at 91.5 Km
Palwal at 137.5 Km
Total : 1405.7 Km

Step 19. Continue on Mathura Road | Distance: 8.2 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Faridabad at 0 m
Shikari Village at 0 m
Jhar Sentli Village at 3.6 Km
Sector 58 at 4.2 Km
Sector 59 at 4.2 Km
Sector 25 at 5.9 Km
Ballabhgarh Sector 60 at 5.9 Km
Ballabhgarh at 7.4 Km
Ballabhgarh Sector 1 at 7.5 Km
Total : 1414.0 Km

Step 20. Bear left on Sohna Road | Distance: 1.7 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Sector 24 at 0.8 Km
Sector 55 at 1.1 Km
Total : 1415.7 Km

Step 21. Turn right | Distance: 3.3 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Sanjay Colony Sector 23 at 0 m
Sector 24 at 0.1 Km
Sector 23 at 1.1 Km
Sector 22 at 1.7 Km
New Industrial Township at 2.3 Km
Total : 1419.0 Km

Step 22. Turn left on Baba Deep Chand Shaheed Marg | Distance: 1.8 Km
Cross the following on your way:

New Industrial Township 2 at 0 m
Sector 50 at 0.8 Km
Total : 1420.9 Km

Step 23. Continue straight | Distance: 0.5 Km
Total : 1421.5 Km

Step 24. Turn left on Gurgaon Faridabad Road | Distance: 3.7 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Sector 49 at 0 m
Sector 51 at 0.8 Km
Dabwa Colony at 0.8 Km
Total : 1425.3 Km

Step 25. Turn right | Distance: 21.3 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Dlf City Phase 5 at 19.7 Km
Total : 1446.7 Km

Step 26. Continue on Gurgaon Faridabad Marg | Distance: 3.0 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Dlf City Phase 1 at 0 m
Total : 1449.7 Km

Step 27. Enter the roundabout and take the second turn on | Distance: 0.4 Km
Total : 1450.1 Km

Step 28. Bear left on Mehrauli Gurgaon Road | Distance: 2.2 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Dlf City Phase 2 at 0 m
Dlf City Phase 4 at 0 m
Sushant Lok at 1.1 Km
Sector 29 at 1.9 Km
Sector 17 at 2.1 Km
Total : 1452.4 Km

Step 29. Turn hard right on Jaipur Road | Distance: 47 m
Total : 1452.5 Km

Step 30. End at Gurgaon, Haryana | Distance: 0 m
Total : 1452.5 Km

OPTION 2
Jamshedpur to Varnasi - Varansi to Gurgaon.







Step 1. Start from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and head East on Kharkai Road | Distance: 9.4 Km
Total : 9.4 Km

Step 2. Turn right on Pipe Line Road | Distance: 3.6 Km
Total : 13.1 Km

Step 3. Turn left on Puruliya Road | Distance: 0.5 Km
Total : 13.6 Km

Step 4. Bear right on Hume Pipe Road | Distance: 2.8 Km
Total : 16.5 Km

Step 5. Turn left on Dimna Road | Distance: 4.5 Km
Total : 21.0 Km

Step 6. Bear left | Distance: 382.5 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Bundu at 73.7 Km
Ranchi at 108.8 Km
Latehar at 221.9 Km
Daltonganj at 285.1 Km
Aurangabad at 380.1 Km
Total : 403.6 Km

Step 7. Turn hard left on Grand Trunk Road | Distance: 158.7 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Dehri at 26.5 Km
Sasaram at 43.2 Km
Saiyad Raja at 122.4 Km
Chandauli at 130.6 Km
Mughalsarai Rly. Settelement at 144.7 Km
Mughalsarai at 146.0 Km
Dulhipur at 150.9 Km
Total : 562.4 Km

Step 8. End at Varanasi, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |

Step 1. Start from Varanasi, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and head South on Grand Trunk Road | Distance: 6.3 KmTotal : 6.3 Km
Step 2. Turn right on Premchand Marg | Distance: 0.4 KmTotal : 6.8 Km
Step 3. Bear left on Makbul Alam Marg | Distance: 1.6 KmTotal : 8.4 Km
Step 4. Bear right on Kautilya Koin Marg | Distance: 0.8 KmTotal : 9.3 Km
Step 5. Continue on Jaunpur Road | Distance: 3.2 KmTotal : 12.5 Km
Step 6. Continue straight | Distance: 332.6 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Jaunpur at 49.2 Km
Koeripur at 101.9 Km
Sultanpur at 138.7 Km
Musafirkhana at 169.7 Km
Haidergarh at 220.6 Km
Amethi at 248.7 Km
Gosainganj at 252.2 Km
Nawabganj at 302.1 Km
Unnao at 321.1 Km
Total : 345.2 Km
Step 7. Continue on Lucknow Road | Distance: 6.1 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Kanpur at 0 m
Total : 351.3 Km
Step 8. Turn right on Tagore Road | Distance: 0.3 KmTotal : 351.6 Km
Step 9. Bear left on Canal Road | Distance: 1.9 KmTotal : 353.5 Km
Step 10. Bear right on Railway Road | Distance: 1.4 KmTotal : 355.0 Km
Step 11. Continue straight | Distance: 1.4 KmTotal : 356.4 Km
Step 12. Turn right on Grand Trunk Road | Distance: 402.2 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Choubepur Kalan at 22.1 Km
Shivrajpur at 31.6 Km
Bilhaur at 51.1 Km
Kannauj at 75.9 Km
Gursahaiganj at 98.8 Km
Sikanderpur at 111.3 Km
Chhibramau at 121.8 Km
Bewar at 144.2 Km
Bhogaon at 156.9 Km
Kuraoli at 182.8 Km
Etah at 219.4 Km
Sikandra Rao at 251.1 Km
Aligarh at 288.7 Km
Khurja at 336.3 Km
Bulandshahr at 354.6 Km
Sikandrabad at 368.3 Km
Dadri at 388.2 Km
Ghaziabad at 396.2 Km
Lal Kuan at 399.9 Km
Bulandshahar Road Industrial Area at 402.1 Km
Total : 758.7 Km
Step 13. Turn left | Distance: 13.0 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Dundahera at 1.9 Km
Sain Vihar at 2.5 Km
Nai Basti Dundahera at 2.9 Km
Shivpuri at 3.2 Km
Shanti Nagar at 3.5 Km
Sarvodaya Nagar at 4.0 Km
Baba Bhim Nagar at 4.3 Km
Rahul Vihar at 4.8 Km
Budh Vihar at 5.5 Km
Sector 63 at 7.1 Km
Indirapuram at 8.7 Km
Sector 62 at 8.7 Km
Sangam Vihar at 11.1 Km
Vaishali at 12.3 Km
Total : 771.7 Km
Step 14. Take the Ghazipur Flyover | Distance: 1.3 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Ghazipur at 0 m
Ghazipur Dairy Farm at 0 m
Total : 773.1 Km
Step 15. Continue on Gurjar Samrat Mir Bhoj Marg | Distance: 3.8 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Khichripur at 0 m
Indraprastha Extension at 0.1 Km
Vinod Nagar East at 0.9 Km
Mayur Vihar Phase 2 at 1.8 Km
Pandav Nagar at 3.1 Km
Samaspur at 3.5 Km
Mayur Vihar Phase 1 at 3.7 Km
New Delhi at 3.7 Km
Total : 777.0 Km
Step 16. Take the Nizamuddin Bridge | Distance: 2.9 Km
Cross the following on your way:

National Zoological Park at 0 m
Total : 780.0 Km
Step 17. Take the slip road | Distance: 0.1 KmTotal : 780.1 Km
Step 18. Bear left on Mahatma Gandhi Marg | Distance: 2.1 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Nangli Rajapur at 0.2 Km
Sarai Kale Khan at 0.8 Km
Kilokri at 2.0 Km
Total : 782.3 Km
Step 19. Continue on Toll Road | Distance: 0.1 KmTotal : 782.4 Km
Step 20. Take the DND Flyover and continue on Mahatma Gandhi Marg | Distance: 0.8 KmTotal : 783.3 Km
Step 21. Continue on Mahatma Gandhi Marg | Distance: 0.6 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Kalindi Colony at 0 m
Maharani Bagh at 0.4 Km
Sidharth Enclave at 0.4 Km
Total : 783.9 Km
Step 22. Take the Ashram Flyover | Distance: 0.5 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Hari Nagar Ashram at 0.3 Km
Total : 784.5 Km
Step 23. Take the Ashram Railway Crossing Bridge | Distance: 0.1 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Friends Colony West at 0 m
Sriniwaspuri at 0.1 Km
Total : 784.6 Km
Step 24. Continue on Mahatma Gandhi Marg | Distance: 3.1 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Nehru Nagar at 0.5 Km
Lajpat Nagar 4 at 0.7 Km
Defence Colony at 2.3 Km
Andrews Ganj at 2.4 Km
Total : 787.8 Km
Step 25. Take the slip road | Distance: 86 mTotal : 787.9 Km
Step 26. Bear left on August Kranti Marg | Distance: 63 m
Cross the following on your way:

South Extension Part 2 at 0 m
Total : 787.9 Km
Step 27. Turn left on Mahatma Gandhi Marg | Distance: 1.3 Km
Cross the following on your way:

South Extension Part 1 at 0.2 Km
Kidwai Nagar East at 0.8 Km
Ansari Nagar East at 1.2 Km
Total : 789.2 Km
Step 28. Take the AIIMS Flyover and continue on Mahatma Gandhi Marg | Distance: 1.1 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Kidwai Nagar East at 0 m
Ansari Nagar West at 0.4 Km
Total : 790.4 Km
Step 29. Take the Safdarjang Flyover and continue on Mahatma Gandhi Marg | Distance: 0.7 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Safdarjang Enclave at 0.1 Km
Sarojini Nagar at 0.4 Km
Nauroji Nagar at 0.6 Km
Total : 791.2 Km
Step 30. Take the Bhikaji Cama Place Flyover and continue on Vivekanand Marg | Distance: 0.7 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Bhikaji Cama Place at 0.2 Km
Ramakrishna Puram Sector 13 at 0.2 Km
Total : 791.9 Km
Step 31. Bear left on Vivekanand Marg | Distance: 1.7 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Ramakrishna Puram Sector 10 at 0 m
Ramakrishna Puram Sector 1 at 0.5 Km
Ramakrishna Puram Sector 4 at 0.9 Km
Ramakrishna Puram Sector 5 at 1.4 Km
Total : 793.7 Km
Step 32. Turn right on Olof Palme Marg | Distance: 0.2 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Munirka at 0 m
Total : 794.0 Km
Step 33. Turn left on Nelson Mandela Marg | Distance: 4.0 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Vasant Vihar at 0 m
JNU Campus Area at 1.7 Km
Vasant Kunj Sector C at 2.8 Km
Vasant Kunj Sector B at 3.5 Km
Masudpur at 3.9 Km
Total : 798.1 Km
Step 34. Turn right on Abdul Gaffar Khan Marg | Distance: 0.4 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Vasant Kunj Sector D at 0 m
Total : 798.5 Km
Step 35. Continue on Mahipalpur Mehrauli Road | Distance: 2.8 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Vasant Kunj at 0 m
Rangpuri at 1.1 Km
Mahipalpur at 1.3 Km
Total : 801.3 Km
Step 36. Turn left on Jaipur Road | Distance: 3.7 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Sambhalka at 0.6 Km
Total : 805.0 Km
Step 37. Take the Bijwasan Flyover and continue on Jaipur Road | Distance: 6.2 Km
Cross the following on your way:

Rajokri at 0.2 Km
Udyog Vihar Sector 20 Phase 3 at 0.2 Km
The National Media Centre at 1.2 Km
Dlf City Phase 2 at 2.1 Km
Udyog Vihar Sector 19 Phase 5 at 3.4 Km
Udyog Vihar Sector 19 Phase 4 at 3.6 Km
Sector 18 at 4.3 Km
Sector 29 at 6.0 Km
Total : 811.2 Km
Step 38. Take a U turn under the flyover | Distance: 63 m
Cross the following on your way:

Sector 17 at 0 m
Total : 811.3 Km
Step 39. End at Gurgaon, Haryana | Distance: 0 mTotal : 811.3 Km

[hvkumar]

Please avoid the route via Jhansi, roads are not good. Best option is to take NH2 via Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi.

[krazydriver84]

I would advise you to stick to the NH2. Have heard that some of the stretches of the golden quadrangle have been built. so you can easily cover a lot of distances in a day.

Per my calculations, the car should be with you in 2 days and 1 night, with proper halts and decent driving.

[vcash]

Update - Yesterday the driver covered Jamshedpur to Varanasi in 15 hours. He left Varanasi this morning at 5:00am via NH2 and is estimating that he will hit Gurgaon by midnight. I told him to take it easy and sleep over somewhere if need be to as 800kms is a lot of track to cover in a day.

A question for gurgaon residents - What's a really really super cheap and basic hotel \ highway motel type place in gurgaon? The driver needs to stay here a few nights before taking a train back to Jamshedpur and I need to put him up somewhere.

Please, no Trident Hilton and Crown Plaza suggestions - I can barely afford those places .

[hvkumar]

How were road conditions? Traffic Jams? Any encounters with anti-social elements?

[vcash]

Originally Posted by hvkumar

How were road conditions? Traffic Jams? Any encounters with anti-social elements?

The driver is still on route - will find out complete details once he arrives in Gurgaon and update the thread. He has about 600kms to go - I have told him to halt for the night at Agra and continue his journey in the morning tomorrow.

I still need the hotel info if anyone has any?

[vcash]

Road trip complete. Car got in yesterday at noon. Total journey worked out to 1500kms with pitstops and took 28 hours of driving time. Car averaged 9kmpl without aircon (a feat for a decade old cielo). The driver could have pushed it and could have been here Monday night but I recommended him to halt at Agra overnight (He reached Agra at 8:00pm).

Roads were pretty bad from Jamshedpur to Varanasi. It got progressivley better. As for anti-social elements - the driver did say that he had many inquisitive people in UP come up and ask what a car from Bihar (BR16K reg.) was doing here and he felt unsafe a few times when people started hovering around him.

The car reached fine without any major malfunctions along the way and as it entered Gurgaon - it got it's first peck from a honda civic - nothing major - a little fender bender that a touch up job should take care of. However things went a little worse from there. As I took the car out at night for a quick drive to make sure she was all okay, the damn ignition switch shorted and I was left stranded in Sushant Lok! In all fairness, the ignition switch has gone kaput after 10 years (The original switch never gave problems unlike other cielo's and astras where I believe this is quite common). I am getting a replacement switch today and hopefully I will have an uneventful summer.

[hvkumar]

Thanks for the quick update - one of the very few on this NH2 route. Most worrisome are the safety issues, not just the bad roads. Any further feedback on these 2 issues will be invaluable. Maybe the BR number plates made his passage through BIhar easier.

[vcash]

Originally Posted by hvkumar

Thanks for the quick update - one of the very few on this NH2 route. Most worrisome are the safety issues, not just the bad roads. Any further feedback on these 2 issues will be invaluable. Maybe the BR number plates made his passage through BIhar easier.

He was more concerned about UP than Bihar - could be a number plate thing. Also if anyone wants to know - Total journey including fuel / tolls / food and accomodations (Albeit basic) worked out to Rs.9700. If I include the Driver's train tickets and other incedentals - total cost comes out to 12000. So I still saved over getting the car sent in a truck, even if it is only 30%.

[rishab.k]

Originally Posted by hvkumar

Thanks for the quick update - one of the very few on this NH2 route. Most worrisome are the safety issues, not just the bad roads. Any further feedback on these 2 issues will be invaluable. Maybe the BR number plates made his passage through BIhar easier.

Regarding safety issue with regards to driving through Bihar, is the situation that bad?

If that's the case, would it be safer option to transport the car on a truck or a carrier while transporting from Bihar ?