MTJ/Mathura Junction (10 PFs)

मथुरा जंक्शन

متھرا جنکشن

Track: Construction - Electric-Line Tripling

Day trip NDLS _ MTJ _NDLS
If travelling in group .
Accomodation :
rather than Staying at MTJ it would be better to Halt at New Delhi . .
(as we did) .
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Best mode of transport :
Take TAJ Exp (12280) from New Delhi . to MTJ . or any other train (Current availability will be there For most of the train)
After reaching till 9am .
Take Auto /bus . . and visit the temple .
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Points of interest :.
There are lot of temple in this area .
and near by vicinity.
It would be better to visit . Only A few .of it. i.e.
*Krishna Janam bhoomi at Mathura
*Iskcon temple at Mathura
*Banke Bihari lal temple at Vrindavan
*Iskcon temple at Vrindavan
* Prem mandir.
*Gokul village (Choice based) .
Would not recommend to go Gokul , as there is only a small temple and Nothing else .
Local Transport :
Bus are also available . But auto will be convinient .
Book a Auto , outside the stsn itself for all this temple .
While fixing a Auto , Bargaining is must .
All depends upon your Bargaining strength .
As per my visit , The auto driver started from 1000 and finally ended up at 500₹ .
Or
One can also go by sharing Auto .
Food :
*Lots of restaurants are available .at Mathura and Vrindavan , as per different budget . .
*To try something different ,Take different variant of food from the Street .
vendors are having small stalls on road.
* Some popular Option can also be Comesum or food plaza at MTJ stsn .
(we Tried at Food plaza , and it was Good) . .
Return :.
Nearly till 5 PM all the Major temple can be covered .
For going NDLS ., we boarded TAJ Exp .(12279)
In Between time .,
At pf#1 , There is Good option for snacks and Thali .
And Did some , Railfaining at Station .

Sharing Auto are available at exit for Janmabhoomi, Vrindavan and Bus Stop.
Rs 15 to 20 for Vrindavan.
Rs 5 for New bus stop( buses to govardhan, agra, lucknow, kanpur, delhi, hathras, bharatpur, mehndipur balaji plies from here)
Rs 10 for Janmabhoomi.
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Cloak Room is available at pf 1, ndls end.
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Reservation office is at left side, at pf exit near auto stand.

No fooding facilities at pf 5 end,; Market is there at half kilometer distance at pf 10 end. If you have at least 10 minutes to spare, then Comesum at pf 1 is a good place to have a wide variety of food options. Ranging from south indian dishes like dosa, vada, idli to north indian like chhole bhature , biryani, normal/delux thali, ice creams all items are good in taste specially compared to outside market. though you can get cheap meal outside at pf 10 end. Since some itmes are not ready made available , 10 -15 minutes time required
Other delicacies that one should taste when having spare time are :
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tikki papdi chaat and suji made pani poori near Shri krishna janmbhoomi near shri krishna janmstahn halt at mtj - bdb NG line.
2. kachori near kans quila / dwarikadheesh mandir / naya market road.