People in Dharamshala are having trouble traveling to Palampur in the evenings because the bus service on that route has been closed for about two and a half years. There used to be a bus from Dharamshala to Palampur in the evening, which was convenient for passengers, but it doesn’t operate anymore. Although there is a bus from Dharamshala to Nagrota via Dhad at 7:40 am, passengers still have to take a private taxi from Dhad to Palampur because there is no bus service available. The only HRTC bus from Dharamshala to Palampur in the evening now departs at 9 pm. People have asked the authorities to bring back the earlier bus service.
The reason for closing the previous bus service was that there were very few passengers traveling in the evenings, sometimes as few as four or five, and sometimes the bus would be empty. Because the bus company was losing money on this route, they decided to stop the service. – Sahil Kapoor, Regional Manager, Dharamshala.