I am basically from Lucknow and live in Noida. Normally I board a night train to visit Lucknow. We were visiting my parents in Lucknow on new year’s weekend and this time decided to drive down because of two reasons. One, we had to pick up some stuff from my parent’s house for which we needed a vehicle. Second and more important was that, having completed the big road drive (Delhi – Jaisalmer- Jodhpur – Delhi in 4 days) on previous weekend, we were high on driving!
The Delhi to Lucknow distance is approximately 500 km by road. The standard route is Delhi – Hapur – Moradabad – Rampur- Bareilly – Shahjahanpur- Sitapur – Lucknow. I had been hearing about the bad road conditions on some stretch on this route. Another new route that is becoming popular is the Delhi – Kanpur – Lucknow route. Some of my friends tried this route few months back and said that it is fast as it’s a 4 lane road but longer than the standard route by about 50 km. We decided to take the longer and the faster one.
“Delhi Kanpur Lucknow” route can be divided into 4 parts:
a. Delhi to Agra ~ 200Km
b. Agra to Etawah ~ 125Km
c. Etawah to Kanpur ~ 150Km
d. Kanpur to Lucknow ~ 80Km
Delhi to Agra: Started early (around 5:45 am) from Noida and reached NH-2 via Kalindi Kunj. Road was clear in the morning so we covered the first 150 km quickly. Delhi-Mathura-Agra road is an important road (because of Agra) so generally one doesn’t experience bad roads here. But this time, I guess maintenance was due and we met some rough stretches. Arrived Mathura (160 km) around 8:30 and stopped at McDonald’s to get fresh, but couldn’t resist the smell of fresh burgers and ended up having burger and french fries for breakfast. You can not miss this McD while driving as its huge in size and is a good place to stop for breakfast if you start early in the morning.
We continued on NH-2 and reached Agra which was around 50 km from our first stop. On this route, I was going beyond Agra for the first time, but knew that there is a flyover from where the road turning towards right leads to Agra city and the flyover continues straight for Kanpur. I did confirm with some pedestrians and continued towards Etawah-Kanpur. This straight road is supposed to be the bypass and one expects a smooth drive. Seems that this one has lost the ‘bypass’ status as people were avoiding the service road and drove across the main bypass. This was the main bottleneck on this stretch and we took some time to cross Agra.
Agra to Etawah – From Agra, we headed towards Etawah and based on our research about this road, we were on the ‘WORK IN PROGRESS’ stretch. From Agra to Tundla (some 20 odd km) the road was quite good and I was smoothly sailing the car but after crossing Tundla, we started feeling traces of new construction. Diversions, unfinished roads, vehicles coming on wrong sides all started together. Once, near Etawah bypass, we got confused and took a newly constructed but unfinished road that was closed in between and then had to come all the way back to take the old road and ended up driving few extra km. One must take care of this specially near Etawah.
We reached Etawah around 12 pm. Bypass was still not functional so we crossed the city and continued on road towards Kanpur. The road directions inside the city are surprisingly clear and simple.
Etawah to Kanpur: After Etawah, the road condition was awesome. We felt as if we were on Delhi-Jaipur Road. The road has 4 lanes with wide divider in between. You should take care of vehicles coming towards you in the wrong direction. Yes, people avoid taking U-turns and use wrong side and it becomes very dangerous when you are driving at 100-120 kmph on a smooth road. But since the road condition is very good, one can drive on a comfortable speed to cover this stretch.
We took a small tea break, had some snacks we were carrying from Delhi and continued towards Kanpur. We reached near Kanpur around 2 pm and then took a cut that lead to Kanpur city. I visited my college HBTI after a long time. The roads inside Kanpur are just as they were 6 years back! They are in such a bad shape that by looking at the road, one can not say whether it was ever built or not!
Kanpur to Lucknow: It was really nostalgic being in Kanpur and visiting college after so many years. Finally we had evening snacks and tea in Kanpur and headed towards Lucknow. We spent around 3 hr in college and then hit back the road to reach Lucknow by late evening. In college days I used to drive my ‘Hero Puch’ on Kanpur-Lucknow high way and at that time it was 2-lane single road. Now it is 4-lane double road. The road quality is poor near Kanpur but it improved as we approached Lucknow. We covered this stretch of 80 km in around 90 minutes. Entered Lucknow around 6:30 pm and reached home at 7:30 pm.
Some Tips:
I’m sure that like me, a lot of people must be scared of driving in UP specially because of the bad roads that existed until sometime back. The new routes are well maintained and clean and a 500 km drive is very much possible.
* Delhi to Lucknow route can be done comfortably in 8-10 hr driving at a decent speed with 2 short breaks.
* Places to stop for a break/bite:
o McDonald’s near Mathura
o A1 Plaza in between Mathura and Agra
o A1 Plaza in between Kanpur and Lucknow
hi 2 all folks here who have input such a useful info. i hv done delhi to shahjahanpur quite a few times in the past but they were used 2 b my bsnss trips n i nvr cared abt timings, road conditions, etc. on couple of occassions hv done night driving also n thanx to almighty, my night journeys were quite safe too. my recent trip on this route was a few months back from dellhi to etan back which agn i did at night while going n returned during day.
dis time am going vid family n a kid upto lko n ur inputs hv been very eye opening. v wud b lvg delhi by scorpio on nov.15 mrng for a wedding n wud rtn on nov.20. i was planning 2 take moradabad-barreilly-sitapur route for obvious reasons (less mileage n familiar route till shahjahanpur). but after reading recent post by dr. amitav n also d old ones by rest, hv decided to take agra-etawah-kanpur route instead for want of bttr road condition.
i shall, god-willing, update u guys upon rtn n also write a detailed seperate post with latest updates covering small details. dont forget to add me 2 ur favs n do check it out by nov-end. cherio!
Hi,
Thanks all for the valued feedbcks given. I have travelled to LKO frm Indirapuram on 17th Oct after taking cmplt info from the ghumakkar. We (my wife and 1 yr son) started our journey at 4 am and have reached Mathura Mac D at 6 am for getting fresh and breakfast and to change diaper of son. then we started at around 6.45 and by 11.30 we were in Kanpur but it took 3 hrs to reach LKO as we have crossed entire fly over and turned back to Ramadevi Chowk. The road from here to Unnao is horrible and I was not able to get the speed of 30- 40 km/h in this particular patch. We have safely reached LKO Aashiyana Sec K by 3 pm.
Brielfy – we drove by the via Moradabad – Bareilly NH24 route from South Delhi to Lucknow on a Sunday, and took about 10 hours to get there. On the way back, it was a Wednesday, and we took 14 hours. It doesn’t really matter which car you use, we were in an Optra petrol 1.6, because you can drive fast for only about 1/5th of the distance, the rest is moderate to terrible. Rampur is still a disaster zone, with railway crossings on both sides, and going through the town is also bad. Bareilly is a mess, too, and so are the other towns enroute.In our case, our destination was BKT (on the Lucknow-Sitapur Road) so we didn’t want to use the via Kanpur option, but next trip I am taking the train.
There are irritating 5/- toll collection points all along the way for small bridges, which cause big traffic jams, also. And this is tractor-trailer with sugarcane and hay season, so beware, we had one headlamp yanked out – and you can do nothing about it since it is their territory.
Dear Aditya,
I drove last month between Shikohabad & Lucknow on the same route, it was a heavy rainy day but even though i managed to drive at 90-110 km/hr. The stretch i covered on NH-2 was great except a little after crossing Etawah, due to an under construction over-bridge.
And yes, while crossing Kanpur you will find a length of nearly 35-40 kms, where you have to restrict you speed because of traffic. But once crossing Ganga Bridge theres only hurdle before Unnao (ie Rail way crossing).
Dear frinends
I am tried to cover this 500Kms delhi to lucknow on my bike FZ-16. Thanks for your feedback.
I traveled from Noida to/fro Lko on 1-Jan-2010/3-Jan-2010, first time, by NH-2. I found the information given by Aditya (and others as well) very useful.
I started my journey at ~1200 hrs from Noida (on Maruti Swift). I reached Agra by 5pm (I prefer driving a bit slow). When I moved ahead, I was surprised by the road quality — it is much better than the Delhi-Agra stretch; it’s again 4-lane highway, smoother roads with a lot of sign-boards directing travelers for various destinations, and less traffic (than Del-Agra stretch) — most of the traffic (due to tourism at Mathura/Agra) from Delhi on NH-2 do not go beyond Agra. Consequently, driving experience became better after crossing Agra (up to Kanpur). One thing was noticeable — I could see a very few dhabas/hotels between Agra-Kanpur.
After reaching Kanpur, it was a bit difficult to know directions for Lko. I approached this way: just before the NH-2 enters Kanpur city (and it becomes a fly-over towards Allahabad), a road towards Rama Devi Crossing comes off the NH-2 — this road (at ground level) runs in parallel with NH-2 (and NH-2 is an elevated road, like a flyover). To disappoint me, there was no sign boards for Lko on this by-lane — i had to take help from passers-by.
Once you reach Rama Devi cross, you’ll get NH-25 (that from Knp to Lko) — initial segment (~5-8 kms) of this road is very bad. After this, journey towards Lko is again very good.
While returning from Lko to Noida, I got some tips for passing thru Knp quickly: right at Rama Devi cross, take left (towards Chakeri airport) — you’ll find the NH-2 flyover is running in parallel to Rama Devi — Chakeri-road: after 5kms from Rama Devi (towards Chakeri), you’ll find a cut/U-turn to reach NH-2. Once you are on NH-2, you’ll be on NH-2 flyover (that bypasses Kanpur) — flyover’slength is ~20 kms; and these 20 odd kms are so good that you would like to forget all the mess that has been faced while entering the NH-2.
I would request Abhishek Tripathi (he use to visit places by his Ford Fusion) to provide more feedbacks here. Before starting my joruney, I was worried about Kanpur-Agra road. Abhishek removed my worries by providing correct state of roads; and also about density/locations of dhabas.
I am just sharing the entry and exit points in details.. ROAD is awesome end to end from Gurgaon to Lucknow via NH-2.
Gurgaon – Palwal – NH-2 ==> 46 Kms from Sohna Road. Road good but with some patches. Sohna Road – Badshahpur – Sohna City (16 Kms), From Sohna big roundabout take left (30 Kms straight till road ends). Take right move some 300 mtrs, it connects to NH-2, take right and you are on NH-2. 45 mins drive normally but it was bit dark/foggy when we started took a bit long
5:10 AM – 6:35 AM.
Palwal – Mathura- Agra 75+40 -> 115 Kms — 90 – 100 Minutes drive in the morning 6:40- AM – 8:15 AM
Agra – Etawah – 8:30 – 10:30 AM
Etawah – Auriaya– Kanpur 10:30 –
Kanpur – Lucknow 12:10 – 2:00 PM :-
DONT LEAVE NH-2 even if arrow points to Lucknow. There will be a disection of road one will show (on the left hand side) to Lucknow when U enter Kanpur. Move along elevated road 27 Kms(other one) and take a U-turn when the elevated road ends. Get to Ramadevi Chauraha , take right and move straight to Lucknow.
2:15 – HOME AT LKO..
Driving time : 9;00 Hrs with two small toilet breaks/ one stoppage for Fuel and 565 kms from GGN Home(Sect 28) to Lucknow (KGMC- Old Lucknow Chowk).
hi buddy
i just want know about the toll tax between delhi to kanpur way.
i mean how many times we have-to pay the toll tax?????
plzzzzzzzzz reply as soon as possible
thanxs
Hi Pulkit,
There are around 6 toll plazas between Delhi and Kanpur. Total toll should be around Rs. 170-190
Thanks everybody to post their experience of travelling from Delhi to Lucknow. It helps me a lot to plan my trip in just a hour.
I have started from Dwarka on 22/07/2010 at 1 PM. Because of Massive city jams it tooks 1 Hour & 45 minutes to reach NH-2 (Faridabad) from khanpur tughalkabad (Pahari route) route. Below is the details:
To reach NH-2 (Faridabad Point) from Dwarka 50 KM
From To Distance Start Time End Time
Dwarka Delhi NH-2 (Faridabad) 50 1:00 PM 1:45 PM
Faridabad Agra 200 5:50 PM Took Pankchi Petha and took 15 Minutes Break
Agra Kanpur 260 6.00 PM 10.45 PM In between took 45 min dinner break
Kanpur Lucknow Cantt 90 2.15 AM
600
One thing I would specially like to mention be carefull while taking on elevated road of approx 20 KM todards kanpur, If you take left before taking elevated road, it will be shorter by 6-7 Kms. On Elevated Road You will not be finding any signboards etc on the road about the Lucknow direction and there is no cut for the left. You go straight on elevated road till you find Mile stone mentioning Kanpur 1 KM. Remenber you have to take U turn and then to take the service lane (must ensure). After travelling 2-3 KM you will find Rama Devi chouraha take right. You will find the bumpy till Ganga Par Unao. After that the road is oaky.
But certainly would like to mention distance is from Delhi border to Lucknow is 550KM. Must prepare for that. Entire journet took around 13 Hours.
All,
What’s the state of NH2 (Delhi-Kanpur-Lucknow) highway post this year heavy monsoon’s ?
We planning to travel this deepawali via road (30/09)
Thanks,
Ajay
hey, whats the update on NH 2 (Del-Kanpur-lko) after the rains….I have to drive down to Lko in the next 15 days.
hope the roas is as good as i experienced in may 2010.
Cheers!!
We will be travelling by this route tomorrow ( Tuesday Oct 12th ) and would post a report soon. Watch out for the update post the rains.
BTW we have been told that the other route ( shorter one through Aligarh ) is now really bad due to monsoon.
Regards
Vidyut
Hi All,
I am planning to travel this Deewali 4-11-10 night with my family and have few queries. Is it ok to travel in night. How much truck traffic i should expect. Dhabas remain open during night or not?
Hi Nitin ,
We did a trip 5 months back starting at 3 AM from Noida and still found truck traffic on the roads so its not worth going at Night. leave by 4-5 AM to have the best of both.
Driving in daylight is less taxing.
Yes the dhabas are open practically all night.
Regards
Vidyut
No night travel please….and no dhabas too
Thanks,
Seems either ppl are not driving to lko or are not keen to key in some experiences here….anyways I will once I complete the trip.
Happy and safe driving.
Asit
Hi All,
Can somebody throw light on Delhi-Kanpur via Yamuna Expressway?? Google map shows the direction using Yamuna E-way after Palwal. I undersand the E-way is not ready, but may be it is ready in parts???
Is Yamuna expressway partly open ? Can someone who has travelled advise?
Hi Vidyut,
Any update.
Thanks,
Hi People,
Sorry about not being able to post earlier , We just did Delhi – LKO- Delhi trip and reached this Monday.
will try a detailed post later but the salient points are:
Single Driver, Car- I20 petrol, total trip – ( door to door) 556 kms one side
Route Noida- Badarpur -Faridabad- Palwal- Mathura- Agra- Itawah- Kanpur- Lko
total drive time: 9 Hrs 15 mins +1 hr break time
The roads are awesome and not congested except 3 places:
1. Congestion beneath Badarpur – faridabad flyover due to metro and other construction work (20 kms)
2. Congestion at Firozabad flyover due to city traffic
3. Extreme bad roads after Ramadevi chowk till Ganga bridge , Drive very slowly else undercarriage will be scraping the roads.
( 7-8 kms)
Rest of the drive is wonderful . start early and do the drive in daytime. Eat at the awesome roadside dhabas between Mathura and Agra
hope this helps
regards
Vidyut
Vidyut,
Cheers to you for updating all the drivers of NH2
Thanks,
Work was going on between Ramadevi chowk and ganga bridge when I went last March . I hoped to find it smooth this time!! Thanks to efficient the UP govt!!
yes ….same work has been going on since June 2010 as well when I last went. The road track has become depressed due to the overloaded trucks that go from there. Thus the middle portion is raised high enough to scrape the bottom of the car.
Hi all,
I am planning to travel to Lucknow from Delhi on 3rd Nov 2010 early morning. After going feedback on route options, I have decided to take Agra-Etawah-Kanpur route. If some one has recently travelled on the route, kindly tell me road situation.
Besides that if any one one else is also planning to leave, we can plan together. I am starting at 4 AM from Gurgaon on 3rd Nov.
Hi Somanshu,
I just did the trip 15 days ago so the feedback as below is pretty current. The roads are excellent except at Kanpur for a 8 kms stretch.
Single Driver, Car- I20 petrol, total trip ( door to door) 556 kms one side
Route Noida- Badarpur -Faridabad- Palwal- Mathura- Agra- Itawah- Kanpur- Lko
total drive time: 9 Hrs 15 mins +1 hr break time
The roads are awesome and not congested except 3 places:
1. Congestion beneath Badarpur faridabad flyover due to metro and other construction work (20 kms)
2. Congestion at Firozabad flyover due to city traffic
3. Extreme bad roads after Ramadevi chowk till Ganga bridge , Drive very slowly else undercarriage will be scraping the roads.
( 7-8 kms)
Rest of the drive is wonderful . start early and do the drive in daytime. Eat at the awesome roadside dhabas between Mathura and Agra
Hi Somanshu,
I am also starting from Gurgaon to Lucknow on 3rd morning at 4am.
I’ll be starting from Sohna Road and am planning to reach Palval via Badshahpur / Sohna Rd.
Vikas
Thanks a lot Vidyut.
I am doing this stretch coming weekend. But I have to go to Kannauj to visit some relatives first. I plan to drive till Etawah on NH2 and then take NH91A that goes staright to Kannauj. Any idea about that road? From mapmyindia I see that I can go off to NH91A from bypass itself, but directions show otherwise. Any idea? Is Etawah bypass elevated like Moradabad one so that one can not go off the road? Thanks for the help.
I remember when i was driving from Kanpur to Agra, i saw a cut for Kannauj on NH2 only.
thanks nitin. Was that cut on Etawah bypass only? I ask because i think bypass is newly built.
I am not sure it was on which bypass…. i saw it in july. And No construction i saw on that strech, so i assume that all the bypasses had been build by that time.
raring to go…..Del -Lko
Hello!
Thanks for latest update.
will be traveling to Lucknow on 3-Nov early morning.
I am confused, which route to follow from Kanpur to Lucknow?? As Rajan said should i go straight on N42 n then take u turn for Ramadevi chowk or should i turn left as soon as we enter kanpur…
Use flyover to cross kanpur traffic. this flyover(towards allahabad) comes down after ramadevi near chakeri. when it comes down take U turn, after 5 km u will get ramadevi chowk, take right from there for LKO.
See you all roadies on the 4th….I am in a red indica….so if you see me wave and possible it could be mine……Cheers!! Safe driving
All,
Traveled last weekend via Agra to Lucknow, it was a smooth drive with just one bad patch Ramadevi chowk till Ganga bridge. Between Agra-Lucknow one could easily touch 120Kph, and only to stop for toll
-Ajay
A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.
hiiiiiii to ol…we’re planning to go lko (on 3 nov 2011) this diwali with my bike yamha-fz via palwal-agra-mathura-knp road ie NH-2.., i never gone lko by this route…so this time planned to go via NH-2 . we are two ppl me nd my bro.
Hope i’ll njoy this journey.
Thanxx to all for their suggesstions…this must help us .
Hi,
I planned to leave on 4th morning but thinking that leaving on 3rd afternoon would save me the first half of next day. I’m in a dilemma whether to leave tomorrow afternoon or not. If I leave at 1pm , I should reach by 11-12 , but is night driving safe on NH2? ( I havent driven at night there so far). We would be 2 guys and my wife.
Thanks!
Ankit
i am leaving 3rd late evening around 8 pm
You will be in the dark zone … Kanpur Unnao at night….my thought is HIGHLY AVOIDABLE.
Hi Nitin and Asit,
Kindly leave your comments as soon as possible after u complete your journey. I am doing a Delhi-Kanpur-Lucknow-Gorakhpur-Gopalganj (Bihar) Road trip on 6th Nov after celebrating Diwali in Delhi. I plan to stay overnight at Lucknow.
i wont be able to update as will be having access. you can ask me directly 0n 9810753285.
can anyone tell me , is there any other route to go luck-now……with shortest possible distance.
i’m going to lko before diwali…with my pulsar 220,
nd is it safe to go ther with bike ??????
plzzz i need ur suggestions guys…….do reply…
thanks nd warm regards,
shaan
Hello Shaan/Rohitt,
I would NOT suggest to go to Lucknow on a bike. Though the other route,via NH24 (ghaziabad-moradabad-bareily-shahjahanpur-sitapur-lucknow) is shorter (485 kms) but its single laned and all the more risky. Going on a bike for such long distances is not safe at all. Please bear in mind that we all have near and dear ones waiting ahead. Still if you are raring to go and really need to go a a bike – use NH2 (longer by 60 kms but safer and its takes same time due to good roads here) . Drive safe ,take frequent breaks and be comfortable.
I am basically from Lucknow and live in Noida. Normally I board a night train to visit Lucknow. We were visiting my parents in Lucknow on this weekend and this time decided to drive down because of two reasons. first i didn’t planned to go lko before, 2nd so i cudn’t get the confirmed reg. in lucknow mail.
frustating naa…..!!!
I recently travelled Delhi to lucknow via NH2, but unfortunately did not find A1 pLAZA NEAR MATHURA REFINERY. Also not see any good dhaba after agra.
Now i am again going to lucknow via NH2. i AM PLANNING TO LEAVE AT 4 A.M. MORNING.
Hi,
I am planning to travel to Faizabad via Lucknow (Mathura-Agra-Etwah) road on Nov 04, 2010. I wish to start at 4 in the morning (or may be before). I am all alone. Hope I wont get tired. People wish me luck. My id is s.randhir@gmail.com
Hey!
This is really good info, had so far been taking the Delhi – GZB – Rampur – Bareilly – Sitapur – Lucknow route. Had a horrendous experience the last time around, and, had given up going by road hence. After reading the posts and the feedbacks from all ye helpful souls, giving this alternative route a try… So, bon voyage to me… would keep y’all posted on my experience shortly upon my return…
Cheers!
Hi Folk,
This diwali i went to lucknow from ghazizbad. I went to lko through gzb->barielly->lucknow route, that route is really very very bad. If your car is not new or good one you can not reach LKO in on piece. From rampur to sitapur road is very bad, please avoid this route. It took 10 hours to reach lko via this route.
On return i came to ghaziabad from lko->kanpur->agara->mathura, that route is so smooth, you can not expect better than this route in india. Traffic was little more but the driving is fun in this route. But this route is very long for me it is around 600 km from lko to ghaziabad(100 km more from gzb->bareilly-> lko route).
I have seen one more route through NH91 lko->kanpur->kannauj->aligarh->ghaziabad, is anyone has any idea about this route. How is the road condition??
Secondly there is one bypass NH91A from agra towards to aligarh->ghaziabad, can anyone tell me how is that route as well.
Both the above routes are 50-60 km shorter for me, so please tell me if anyone has drived on these route.
Hi,
Completed noida-lko-noida trip yesterday. Roads are good except one bad patch from ramadevi in kanpur till jajmau bridge. Normally we stop at Mathura Mc’D but this time skipped it since my daughter was sleeping and we wanted to cover as much distance as we can, this ultimately resulted in doing noida-lko non-stop first time for me (except one 5 mins break for buying fresh guawas after jajmau and filling fuel). Started from Noida on 4th Nov at 5:45 AM and reached kanpur around 11:45. from kanpur to lko took about 2 hrs since there was a jam in unnao because of some accident on highway so we had to enter unnao city and lost about an hour. finally reached home around 2 PM.
While coming back it took more time because of too much traffic and jams between Agra and noida. it took us a little over 10 hrs to reach our home in noida with couple of stops for tea and lunch.
Travelllers : 3 (me, wifey and lil sweetheart)
Car: Santro
door to door distance 562 KM.
There is one very good restaurant between etawah and agra (i guess about 65 KM from agra) named Gunjan. This has recently opened and is very clean. we had stuffed paratha with tea and it was good. This is almost midway to lko and is a very good option for break.
Hopefully more such places will come soon since traffic is increasing on this route.
Akash
Nice review . thanx for sharing your experience ..
I started at 4:35 am from delhi but could reach my home at lko only at 4 pm as we were caught in a traffic jam. This was a day b4 diwali. car Indica….distance 604 home to home and 2 breaks of around 45 mts.
Cheers
On Diwali traveled to Lko by road, started from Gr. Noida on 4th Nov @ 04:10am reached kanpur @11am with 01 break ,from kanpur ~lko took us 2 hrs as road was bad, reachd home at 01:00pm.
Travelers : 03
Returnd on 7th Nov , started @ 5.33am from Lko reachd Agra at 10:30 am ,
in Agra stopped at panchi , but unfortunately there was no stocks,,, n they were closing shop.
reach Gr. Noida 3.30 pm with 2 more breaks.
Travelers : 05
Car : Honda City
Overall journey was good & planning another trip in Dec.
Highway 91 should be taken only of you dont love your car…..the road is bad throughout.
Thanks to all the wonderful posts, I have decided that I will leave for Kanpur from Greater Noida tomorrow morning in my brand new Swift VDi. I hope everything written here is true coz I am travelling alone and am actually a lil scared. Never driven so long all alone. I plan to leave by 5:30 am.
I will post me travelogue after completing the journey.
Hope i get up. Wish me luck…..
THANKS!!
hey .. where’s your travelogue .. atleast let us know that u’v come back successfully ;-D
Sarvadaman, Best of Luck! Wish you a very happy and safe journey. Do post your story after your trip.
NH-91 is really bad. I have tried this and will not try unless some good news about it. 60% of this route is full of big holes and u cannot go more than 30-40kmps. It was much worst than sitapur->shahjpur->barily->Mbad route
frnds,
any updates about delhi->moradabad->bareilly->sitapur->lko route.
Last time in October some road maintenance was going on. So i believe route has been modified little bit.
if there is no good news then again i will go via agra->kanpur route, its lengthy but good.
Any updates frnds, i am planning again on 26th jan.
@Anuj – I guess you also wrote a comment on ‘Dli- Moradabad – Sitapur – Lko’ story. Sorry for not providing any update.
I have been on this road few times till Moradabad in last couple of months and I wont recommend this for Dli-Lko. Its a no match for Dli-Agra-Etawah-Kanpur-Lko road. So would suggest that you take that only.
thanks nandan.
actually Moradabad route is shortest one as i start from ghaziabad but i love my car so will again go by agara-kanpur road…
I am going to LKO by car on this monday. Please suggest which route is better route. We are planning to leave at 6.30 am. Will we be able to reach LKO before sunset.
anil
From last one year i traveled between delhi and lucknow around 8-9 times and as per my experience if anyone drive at 100-120 km/h then he should be able to cover the distance in 9-10 hours in daytime and less than 8 hours in night.
Thanx Anuj for your reply in other discussion .. m planning to go to lucknow this weekend .. lots of ppl have suggested against it , though none of them have taken this so far . . so want to experience it myself.. will share my experience once i come back..
hi all, i want to go to lucknow by bike passion pro in march end 2011 with my wife and want to start journey at 5 am so any one suggest me that it will ok for me
once i ‘v travelled around 100kms on bike , from Delhi to Meerut , taken a break also and i can tell you , its not good. its not comfortable , you will get back pain , stiff back , boredom .. for 500 kms it will be good if you wish to spend atleast 2-3 days in journey , that includes sightseeing also and both of you should be able to drive bike ..
Would suggest that dont plan this with your wife , it will be very hectic , tiresome and risky also.
I second Rajesh. Dont do it especially with your wife. I would never dare to ride that much distance bike with a female in any part of north. Two guys would be fun though. :)
yep .. thats wat i v suggested to Santosh .. and not only in north .. its not worth in any part of the world. .. 500 kms is too much to travel by bike .. i v travelled that 100 kms alone on my bike and i regretted it for many days afterwards.
Ty NH 2 in a car and its a WOW experience.
Asit