Fares
NJP to Gangtok, by vehicle
One way from the NJP platform or Bagdogra arrivals to your Gangtok hotel. It's a reserved car with nobody else in it, not a shared jeep seat. Bagdogra pickups cost the same, since the drive is about the same length.
| Vehicle | One way | Round trip | Per extra km | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan — Dzire / Etios4+1 · 2 bags | On request | On request | On request | On request |
| Innova Crysta6+1 · 4 bags | On request | On request | On request | On request |
| Tempo Traveller 12 / 1712+1 · 14 bags | On request | On request | On request | On request |
Travelling Gangtok to NJP or Bagdogra? Same fares apply.
Fuel, driver and tolls included · GST extra. Send the date and we quote it.
The drive
NJP to Gangtok, stop by stop
Out of the plains at Sevoke, up the Teesta gorge to Rangpo, then the climb to Gangtok. A hundred and twenty kilometres in about four and a half hours.
0 km · 00:00
NJP station / Bagdogra
The driver meets you on the platform or at arrivals with a name board.
Departure
25 km · 00:50
Sevoke & Coronation Bridge
Where the plains end and the Teesta gorge begins. The bridge is a quick photo stop.
Adds 10 min
55 km · 01:50
Teesta Bazaar
Tea and momos by the river, and the turn-off for Kalimpong.
Adds 20 min
85 km · 02:50
Rangpo checkpost
The Sikkim border. ID check for Indians, Restricted Area Permit for foreign nationals.
Adds 10–30 min
100 km · 03:30
Singtam
The last town before the climb, with a good spread of places to eat.
Optional stop
120 km · 04:30
Gangtok
Dropped at your hotel. MG Marg is car-free, so we stop at the nearest point.
Arrival
Road & drive detail
What NH-10 is like
Road condition
Good, until it isn't
Mostly fine highway along the Teesta, broken by slide zones.
Best departure
By 1PM
Reaches Gangtok in daylight. We don't drive it after dark.
Mobile coverage
Patchy in the gorge
Gaps between Sevoke and Rangpo. Fine again in Sikkim.
Fuel stops
Siliguri, Rangpo
Drivers fill in Siliguri. Sikkim fuel is usually cheaper.
NH-10 is the only direct road into Sikkim, and it runs beside the Teesta for most of the way. In dry months it is an easy four and a half hours. In the monsoon, slides and the river eating into the bank close parts of it, sometimes for an hour and sometimes for days.
When NH-10 is shut we take the long way round, through Kalimpong and Pedong or up via Lava, which adds two to three hours of hill road. We check the road the evening before and the morning of, and tell you which way you are going before you leave the station.
Rangpo is the Sikkim border. Indian travellers show photo ID. Foreign nationals need a Restricted Area Permit, which can be issued there, but the queue is shorter if we file it in advance.
Vehicles on this route
Reserved, from the platform to your hotel
Sedan — Dzire / Etios
Two people and two bags. The cheapest reserved car up the Teesta.
Innova Crysta
The usual pick for families. Four and a half hours is long enough to want it.
Tempo Traveller 12 / 17
A group off the same train, with everyone's bags on the roof.
Entering Sikkim at Rangpo
Indian travellers need no permit for Gangtok, only photo ID. The roads beyond Gangtok are another matter.
Indian travellers
Original photo ID for each traveller, shown at Rangpo.
No permit for Gangtok, Pelling, Namchi or Ravangla.
Tsomgo, Nathu La and North Sikkim need a permit, filed in Gangtok.
Foreign nationals
Restricted Area Permit, issued at Rangpo or filed in advance.
Passport and visa copies, and two photos each.
Nathu La is closed to foreign passports.
What this car can't do
It is West Bengal-registered, so it stops at Gangtok.
Tsomgo, Nathu La and North Sikkim take a Sikkim-registered vehicle.
We book that one too and time the handover.
No hidden charges
What's included, what's extra
Included in the quoted fare
- Fuel for the quoted route
- Driver, and the driver's allowance
- Night halt for the driver on multi-day trips
- Tolls and state entry taxes on the quoted route
- GST, shown on the invoice
Charged extra, at actuals
- Night charge for pickups or drops after 10PM
- Permits and ILP where the route needs them
- Parking and entry fees at airports, parks and city lots
- Off-route detours and extra kilometres beyond the quoted block
- Sikkim entry fee at Rangpo, where it applies, and parking at NJP and Bagdogra
Travel agent or tour operator?
Get net rates and white-label vouchers. We never contact your client.
Get a fare
Get the NJP–Gangtok fare
Dates and pax. We reply on WhatsApp with the fare, the vehicle we would send, and anything that is extra.
FAQ
NJP to Gangtok, asked most
A shared jeep is cheaper per seat but leaves when it is full, drops you at a Gangtok taxi stand and carries one bag each. A reserved car leaves when you arrive, stops when you want and drops you at the hotel. With luggage or children, take the car.
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