Dwarka to Porbandar by Road: Taxi Rates, NH51 Halts & Darshan Guide
Porbandar lies 102-110 km south-east of Dwarka, about two hours on the NH51 coast road, with a sedan one-way running Rs.1,800-3,200. This is the rare transfer with one honest line: NH51 bends at Bhogat around 55-60 km, runs into Porbandar at roughly 105, and every inland alternative adds seventy to ninety kilometres to save nothing. The errand at the far end is small and fixed: Kirti Mandir, where Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869, and the Sudama Mandir, India’s only shrine to Krishna’s friend, stand about 800 metres apart in the same centre, both free to enter. A taxi sets you down at either gate; no train does the run directly, and PBD airport is a 4-5 km transfer from the temple lane with daily Mumbai flights.
Two clocks decide this booking. The first is darshan at both ends: take the morning slot at Dwarkadhish, check the day’s windows in our Dwarkadhish Temple darshan timings guide, roll out of the temple lane by 11:00, and Porbandar lands around 1:00 with Kirti Mandir’s 6:00 PM close still ahead; the Sudama aartis at 6:30 AM and 7:00 PM decide whether the cab waits or returns at dusk. The second is the city: Porbandar straddles NH51, and the bypass versus the temple-lane exit is worth 20-30 minutes each way, a decision the route section prices below. Timings, the marble hall, the stepwell and the maze are covered in our full Sudama Temple guide on this site; this article covers the cab, the fare, and the one rail plan that half-works.
Dwarka to Porbandar Distance and Route Options
There is one road to choose here, not two: NH51 coast the whole way, no junction to hold, no interior line that beats it. What you actually choose is the mode, because this corridor has three workable ones and each ends with a different last kilometre.
| Mode | Distance | Time | What it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| A: NH51 coast road, direct | 102-110 km | 1.75-2.25 hours | Default door-to-door: the Bhogat halt and the Kirti Mandir stop sit on the road you drive anyway |
| B: Train 19210 to Bhatiya/Bhopalka, then cab | 37-51 minutes rail + 60-75 km road | 2.25-2.75 hours door to door | Solo or budget travel: same arrival clock at roughly half the cash, with a station pickup instead of a gate pickup |
| C: Flight to PBD, then airport taxi | Air leg + 4-5 km road | 15 minutes on the ground | Chaining a Mumbai or Ahmedabad flight; no city drive at all |
Line A: the coast road (default). NH51 runs south-east out of Dwarka, climbs past Bhogat at 55-60 km where the road bends and the first tea stalls and pumps appear, and delivers you into Porbandar at 102-110 km depending on which city exit you take. It is the same line every Veraval and Somnath booking drives, which is why the fare grid is thin and the drivers know the drop. Nothing about it needs planning beyond the halt decision; the road does not fork and the Arabian Sea never leaves your right.
The rail arithmetic, briefly. No train connects Dwarka and Porbandar directly; the daily 19210 stops at Bhatiya and Bhopalka, the main-line halts closest to town, and the cab from either is 60-75 km. A pre-booked pickup lands you at the temple lane around 6:00 PM for Rs.700-2,000 less than the taxi, on the same door clock; for a family it is not a contest. The full timetable sits in the section below.
By air. PBD sits 4-5 km from the centre, fifteen minutes from both shrines: SpiceJet flies Mumbai daily, Alliance covers Mumbai and Ahmedabad through Keshod, the pairing our Dwarka to Keshod car rental guide uses, and Ahmedabad fares run about Rs.3,000-5,000. The full schedule sits in the alternatives section below; the point here is that the airport is the one drop that never enters the city at all.
Dwarka to Porbandar Taxi Fare
A sedan one-way from Dwarka to Porbandar runs Rs.1,800-3,200: two quoting systems, not two routes. The app floors are prepay prices: Reke opens the corridor at Rs.1,260 for a sedan, Matrix quotes Rs.2,194 against the exact 104.71 km, CabBazar at Rs.2,200 and EasyMyTrip at Rs.2,425 with 102 km already billed inside the fare. The local dispatch end runs higher: the car is held against your darshan clock and the Kirti Mandir halt is permitted. At the far end sits the full-service quote: HireMeCar lists the same drop at Rs.4,324 plus 5% GST, Rs.4,540 all-in with 110 km and 45 minutes of waiting baked in, which is the ceiling, not the centre. Our band sits between the app cluster and the dispatch card; the third column carries numbers you can verify first.
| Vehicle | One-way fare band | Verified quote | Extra km after 100-110 | Luggage fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan: Dzire / Etios | Rs.1,800-3,200 | Reke Rs.1,260 · CabBazar Rs.2,200 · EasyMyTrip Rs.2,425 | Rs.10-14/km | 2 medium bags |
| Ertiga / Marazzo | Rs.2,600-4,100 | CabBazar SUV Rs.2,800 · EasyMyTrip Rs.3,795 | Rs.13-14/km | 3-4 medium bags |
| Innova Crysta | Rs.5,000-6,800 | EasyMyTrip Crysta Rs.6,768 | Rs.19-22.75/km | 4-5 medium bags |
| Traveller 14-seater | Rs.4,500-7,000 | Fleet day rate | On request | Seat-bag balance, not a load carrier |
| Traveller 26-seater | Rs.6,500-9,500 | Fleet day rate | On request | The wedding and tour-group workhorse |
| Waiting: one-way and round-trip | Rs.100-150/hour | 30-60 min free at pickup | Billed by the half hour | Same rate on both booking types |
Per-kilometre rates on this sector run Rs.9 for a sedan, Rs.12.50 for an SUV and Rs.13.50 for a Crysta on the CabBazar scale, while EasyMyTrip bills Rs.10, Rs.13 and Rs.22.75 against its 102-120 km inclusions and Gozocabs opens round trips at Rs.12.50 per km. Published rates that low are why the math looks cheap: 105 km at nine rupees is Rs.945 on paper; the gap to your quote is the empty return to Dwarka and the minimum billing. If your dates are fixed and the bags fit a Dzire, take the app fare; if the morning darshan queue runs long or the 6:00 PM close at Kirti Mandir becomes a 7:00, the dispatch card is the booking that bends.
Minimum billing applies at 100-110 km. Every figure above is a minimum against the actual 102-110: you are paying for the driver’s empty run back up the coast. The Kirti Mandir exit, the Sudama lane and the airport drop sit inside that band when they are declared at dispatch.
What the quoted fare includes
Fuel, city parking and the FASTag tolls sit inside every figure: about Rs.90-110 for a car across this stretch, where the Okhamadi plaza on the Porbandar-Dwarka stretch alone bills Rs.105-110 single and Rs.55 on the return, with app quotes showing them folded in. Added at checkout on both app and phone bookings: driver bata, typically Rs.200-400 for a day run, and 5% GST on the total. A pickup after 10:00 PM adds a night charge of about Rs.300-400, relevant if the 19210 plan drops you near 6:00. Waiting: most operators allow 30-60 minutes free at the Dwarka pickup, then bill Rs.100-150 an hour, charged by the half hour, on one-way and round-trip bookings alike; declare the Kirti Mandir and Sudama halts at booking so the clock starts when you are back at the gate. Both ends sit inside Gujarat, so there is no border tax either way.
Round trips and stitched circuits
A return prices about 1.8-1.9× the single fare, not 2×; the empty leg is billed once at a discount. Same-day round trips are honest math only without the halt: four to four and a half hours of driving plus a 45-60 minute shrine window leaves Kirti Mandir a photograph and Sudama a corridor. When Porbandar is one leg of a bigger Saurashtra move, be it the Somnath coast, the Gir gate or the Keshod line, book it as one continuous hire instead of separate one-ways: stitched legs discount 10-15% against standalone bookings. If the car must wait through both shrines and lunch, ask for a fixed idle price rather than an open clock: an hourly quote beats a second 105 km minimum.
Route and En-Route Stops
The line is decided before the cab leaves the temple lane: NH51 the whole way, one road, no junction to hold. What is left to settle is where you enter the city and where the driver stops, and both should be on the slip before dispatch, not discovered at the bypass sign.
Coast line: Bhogat and the last easy halt
NH51 leaves Dwarka heading south-east along the coast and the first fifty kilometres pass without a town worth naming. Bhogat arrives at 55-60 km where the road bends: tea stalls, the first pumps since departure, and the last easy halt before the run into Porbandar. Families with elders take it every time; through-drivers skip it and lose nothing. Beyond Bhogat the road opens, traffic thins, and the remaining 45-50 km are a straight coastal run with the Arabian Sea on your right until the city boards appear. Past Bhogat the highway itself passes the Harsiddhi Mata temple at Miyani, 65 km from Dwarka and about 40 km short of Porbandar: the hill shrine on Koyla Dungar, 260-300 steps, open 6 AM to 6 PM, with a road-level shrine for anyone who will not climb. Fuel here or in Porbandar; unlike the interior lines, there is no 90 km gap to manage.
City entry: the bypass or the temple lane
Porbandar straddles NH51 and the cab has two ways in. Staying on the bypass keeps the through-clock clean: useful when Veraval, Somnath or the Keshod airport line is the next leg and the shrines are not on today’s list. Taking the city exit adds 20-30 minutes of urban driving each way and puts you inside the temple lane, with Kirti Mandir’s paid parking a short walk from the gate and the Sudama lane narrower, best entered on foot with the car held at the corner. The two exits price identically on the fare sheet; declare the stop at dispatch, because discovered mid-route it bills as waiting time at city rates. The bypass also skips Chowpaty; if the beach is the reason you came, say that at booking and the driver enters at the seafront instead.
Drop points: temple, station, airport, beach
Four drops cover every arrival this town gets. The temple lane is the default: Kirti Mandir and the Sudama gate, both inside the same centre, parking paid and short-walk. PBR station sits 1.5-2 km from Kirti Mandir, useful only if you are chaining the long-distance trains east; no Dwarka service touches this platform. PBD airport is 4-5 km out, fifteen minutes, free inside the fare band when the flight is on the same ticket. Chowpaty beach suits the sunset crowd and the seafront check-in. Name which one at booking: the same city, a different parking spot.
The exit roads decide your next leg before you arrive: Veraval sits 110-115 km further down the same NH51, with Prabhas Patan only 7-8 km beyond the Veraval junction, and the Dwarka to Veraval car rental guide prices that corridor in full. South, the Madhavpur beach lies 50-60 km down the coast, the last stretch of sand before Mangrol. East, the 95 km inland cut reaches Keshod and the IXK airport pairing. North, Rajkot runs 170-175 km back through Jetalsar, and the inland grid to Junagadh sits at 138-145 km. Book the onward leg inside the same hire where you can; a second one-way booked at the city line pays a second minimum.
Porbandar: Kirti Mandir and the Sudama Lane
The town is the halt, not the backdrop. Kirti Mandir and the Sudama Mandir sit about 800 metres apart in the same centre, both free to enter, and forty-five minutes covers one while sixty covers both with lunch between them. What changes the day is the window you hit: Kirti closes at 6:00 PM, Sudama runs till 8:30 with aarti at 7:00, so a 1:00 PM arrival does both and a late one does one. Say the halt length at dispatch and the arithmetic stays yours.
Kirti Mandir: the birthplace, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Kirti Mandir stands on the site where Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869, in the town his family lived in for generations. Entry is free and the gate runs 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM; a 7:00 AM morning prayer is held at the shrine, which a few boards at the gate still list as 7:30, so treat the prayer as early and the public hours as 9 to 6 either way. Forty-five minutes is enough for most: the shrine, the lamp, the rooms that hold the memory of the man rather than a full museum crawl. Parking is paid and splits by vehicle: sedans use the inner lot by the lane, while a Traveller or any larger vehicle must use the municipal lot on the main road, a short walk from the gate. Arrive before 5:30, because a 6:00 close does not negotiate with a long lunch.
Sudama Mandir: the marble shrine, 6:00 AM to 8:30 PM
Eight hundred metres from Kirti Mandir, the lane narrows and the white marble of Sudama Mandir takes over. This is India’s only temple dedicated to Sudama, the childhood friend Krishna welcomed with rice he was ashamed to carry, and the story is kept well: aarti at 6:30 AM and again at 7:00 PM, entry free all day, gates 6:00 AM to 8:30 PM. Leave the car at the corner and walk the last stretch; the lane does not forgive a parking attempt. Inside the courtyard, the stepwell and the maze earn a few extra minutes, and the 7:00 PM aarti is the reason to keep the cab waiting if you are staying for the evening. Timings, the marble hall and the full visitor sequence sit in our Sudama Temple, Porbandar guide; this article is the cab that drops you at its gate.
Chowpaty, the Barda hills and the Jamvant cave
Porbandar’s seafront at Chowpaty is where the town walks after sunset: a rocky shore, a promenade, and the easiest free hour in the city. Out of town, the Barda Wildlife Sanctuary rises in the hills to the east, with the Jamvant cave of the bear-king legend in the same range; both are half-day detours with permits and seasonal timings that change, so confirm locally before you commit a driver’s day to them. Neither sits on NH51. Madhavpur’s beach, 50-60 km south on the coast road, is the extension travellers take when the next leg is Veraval.
Vehicles: Sedan to 26-Seater
The fare table maps to three real use cases on this corridor. Two people, light bags: the Dzire or Etios sedan, with the caveat that catches people out on the first trip to Saurashtra: the cabs running this route are largely CNG conversions, and the boot swallows two medium bags and nothing more. A third bag means the seat, the floor, or a roof carrier at Rs.300-400 arranged at dispatch, not at the Chowpaty sign. Four to five people with festival-sized luggage: the Ertiga clears 3-4 bags, the Innova Crysta clears 4-5 and holds the two-hour coast run better than a squeezed middle row. Above that, the Travellers are people movers (family groups, wedding parties, study tours), and the luggage bay is shared across every seat: count heads and suitcases together. Two sedans for nine people look cheaper until you pay two drivers, two waiting clocks and two minimums.
One drop note for this specific run: both shrines sit in the same centre, so the car parks once and the Sudama lane is walked in every plan. If the plan ends at a platform or a terminal rather than a hotel, name it on the slip: PBR station is 1.5-2 km from Kirti Mandir, PBD airport 4-5 km from the gate, and the driver parks where the slip says, not where the navigation ends.
Dwarka to Porbandar by Train, Bus and Air
Here the rail story inverts: no train does this run directly, so what you buy with a ticket is half the journey and a cab is the other half. The nearest main-line halts to Porbandar are Bhatiya and Bhopalka, 60-75 km out by road, and the daily 19210 is the workable pair because its evening slot lines up with a pre-booked pickup. The taxi wins on door-to-door and on family arithmetic; the train wins on price for one passenger; nobody wins by improvising the station cab at 6:40 PM in the dark.
| Train (daily unless noted) | Dwarka (DWK) | Bhatiya (BHTA) | Bhopalka (BPKA) | Cab to Porbandar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19210 Okha-Bhavnagar Express (inbound plan) | 15:51 departure | 16:28 | 16:42 | 60-75 km, about Rs.800-1,100, 1.25-1.5 hours |
| 19209 Bhavnagar-Okha Express (outbound plan) | 09:50 arrival | 07:51 | 07:37 | Same cab in reverse, pickup from town before 6:30 AM |
| 59207 Bhavnagar-Okha Passenger, via Rajkot | After 11:18 at the halt | 11:18 arrival | Check the day’s schedule | Pre-booked as above |
The two useful patterns. Inbound: the 19210 leaves Dwarka at 15:51, sets you down at Bhopalka at 16:42, and a pre-booked cab does the 60-75 km into town by about 6:00, for dinner and the beach; sleeper fares here run a fraction of the Rs.180 the same train charges onward to Rajkot, so the cash saving against a sedan is roughly Rs.700-2,000. Outbound: a 6:15 AM cab from the hotel to Bhopalka catches the 19209 at 07:37 and reaches Dwarka at 09:50 with the morning darshan still untouched. Both plans fail the same way: Bhopalka is a rural station where only a handful of trains stop each day and nothing waits outside, so hailing a cab on the spot is not a plan. Name the pickup the night before, in both directions.
Porbandar’s own station (PBR) sits 1.5-2 km from Kirti Mandir and handles the long-distance exits the main line does not: the 20938 Delhi superfast on Tuesdays and Fridays, and east-bound shuttles to Ranavav and Jetalsar, where the Junagadh and Rajkot lines pick up.
The bus is the usual Saurashtra compromise. State services run the Porbandar-Khambhalia-Rajkot belt, but from Dwarka there is no direct frequency worth planning around: the honest shape is a change at Khambhalia or Bhatiya, thinning after evening. It works without a deadline; it is not a plan for the 6:00 PM close at Kirti Mandir.
Flying in or out of PBD
PBD sits 4-5 km from the centre, fifteen minutes from both shrines, and the schedule is finally worth reading: SpiceJet flies Mumbai daily since the March 2025 relaunch, Alliance Air covers Mumbai on Thursdays and Saturdays with an ATR-72 (out at 07:05, back mid-afternoon), and the same Alliance network runs Ahmedabad through Keshod on those two days, fares around Rs.3,000-5,000. Hirasar, the Rajkot international runway, is the other option at 190 km north-east, relevant only when the morning flight dictates it. Either way the terminal is a road run: book the airport drop in the same slip as the arrival, name the terminal code, and skip the second negotiation at the kerb.
Trip Plans That Use This Run
Three shapes cover what this corridor actually gets asked for. The same-day return for the darshan crowd, the coast chain for the temple circuit, and the overnight for anyone whose next leg is a train, a flight or the forest. Pick the shape before dispatch, because each one prices the waiting differently.
Plan A: same-day return, shrines in the middle
Morning darshan at Dwarkadhish, out of the temple lane by 11:00, Porbandar at 1:00. Kirti Mandir for forty-five minutes, lunch in the centre, the Sudama lane on foot for half an hour more, and rolling out by 3:15 puts you back in Dwarka around 5:30 with the evening darshan still ahead. It works because both shrines are free, close and fast. What it does not leave room for: the 7:00 PM Sudama aarti, Chowpaty at sunset, or a lunch that lasts. The return folds at 1.8-1.9× the single fare, minus the second minimum.
Plan B: the coast chain, Porbandar as the hinge
The corridor everyone books together: Dwarka, Porbandar, Veraval, Somnath, in one hire. Roll out after the morning Rajbhog, hinge the day on a 60-90 minute Porbandar halt at 1:00, then run the 110-115 km to Veraval by about 5:00 and the last 7-8 km to Prabhas Patan before the evening aarti. The arithmetic that matters is booking arithmetic: one continuous hire from the temple lane to the temple lane discounts stitched legs by 10-15% and charges a single waiting clock, while two separate one-ways pay a second minimum at the Porbandar line. The full-length corridor, its darshan windows and the parking rules at the far end sit in our Dwarka to Somnath car rental guide; this article is the hinge it turns on.
Plan C: overnight, and the exits that do not need a taxi
Stay, and the town finally opens: Sudama’s 7:00 PM aarti with the gates till 8:30, Chowpaty after dark, then a morning for the Barda hills or the 50-60 km run to Madhavpur’s beach. From there the exits split honestly. East to the forest: the Sasan Gir gate sits 138-140 km away via Manavadar, the reverse of the bypass line our Dwarka to Sasan Gir car rental guide prices, and Keshod’s airport pairing is on the same east cut. Air: a 6:00 AM cab for the daily Mumbai departure out of PBD, 4-5 km to the terminal. Rail: the 19209 catches at Bhopalka at 07:37 for Dwarka at 09:50 if the cab to the platform is booked the night before, or the Delhi superfast leaves Porbandar itself on Tuesdays and Fridays. Book the exit leg inside the same hire while the driver is already there.
Booking Checklist
Six things to settle on the call. Every dispute on this corridor (waiting time, a wrong gate, extra kilometres) traces back to one of them being assumed instead of stated.
- The shape first. Same-day round, coast chain or overnight with a train or flight behind it: the shape picks the pickup hour, the halt length and whether the return leg exists. Settle it before the quote.
- The quote in writing. The 100-110 km minimum; the Rs.10-14 per-km rate beyond it; driver bata, 5% GST and any night charge named separately. A single total with none of those is the quote that grows at the city sign.
- Both endpoints exact. Pickup as temple lane, hotel name or station side: “Dwarka” is a city, not a point. Drop as Kirti Mandir lane, Sudama corner, “PBR station” or “PBD terminal”, or Chowpaty if the beach is the evening plan. “Porbandar” alone gets you the bypass.
- Bag count against vehicle. Two medium bags fit a sedan and no more; three means an Ertiga or Crysta, or a roof carrier at Rs.300-400 on the dispatch slip. Count heads and suitcases together for the Travellers: a family split across two cabs pays two minimums.
- The halt declared. Forty-five minutes for Kirti Mandir, sixty to ninety for both shrines with lunch, stated at booking. Discovered mid-route, they bill as waiting time at city rates.
- The waiting terms. Free window at pickup (usually 30-60 minutes), the half-hour rate after it, and, if the 7:00 PM Sudama aarti is in the plan, a fixed idle price instead of an open clock.
Frequently Asked Questions
How far is Porbandar from Dwarka by road?
102-110 km on the single NH51 coast line, about 105 km to the city centre, the figure depending on which city exit the cab takes. There is no interior shortcut worth taking: the grid through Khambhalia adds seventy to ninety kilometres.
How long does the Dwarka to Porbandar taxi take?
1.75-2.25 hours without a halt: about two hours for most drivers, plus 20-30 minutes if the cab enters the city instead of holding the bypass. Leave Dwarka at 11:00 after the morning darshan and you land around 1:00, which leaves both shrines well inside Kirti Mandir’s 6:00 PM close.
What is the Dwarka to Porbandar taxi fare?
Rs.1,800-3,200 for a sedan one-way: app prices cluster at Rs.2,194-2,425 (Matrix, CabBzar, EasyMyTrip with 102 km already inside the fare), Reke opens as low as Rs.1,260, and the full-service ceiling is HireMeCar at Rs.4,540 all-in. Ertiga Rs.2,600-4,100, Innova Crysta Rs.5,000-6,800, Travellers from Rs.4,500. Minimum billing applies at 100-110 km; driver bata and 5% GST add at checkout.
Which route does the taxi take?
One road: NH51 south-east the whole way, the Arabian Sea on your right, the Bhogat tea halt at 55-60 km, Porbandar at 102-110. The only routing decision is at the far end, the city exit versus the bypass: the bypass keeps a Veraval or Somnath chain on the clock, the city exit costs 20-30 minutes each way and parks you in the temple lane.
Is there a direct train from Dwarka to Porbandar?
No. Porbandar’s own station sits on the east-bound branch via Ranavav, not on the Dwarka line, and no train covers the pair directly. The working plan is the daily 19210, Dwarka 15:51 to Bhopalka 16:42, plus a pre-booked 60-75 km cab into town by about 6:00 PM; the reverse is the 19209, Bhopalka 07:37 to Dwarka 09:50. The cab is the second half of the ticket; book it with the first.
What are the Kirti Mandir and Sudama Mandir timings?
Kirti Mandir runs 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM and is free, with a 7:00 AM morning prayer that a few gate boards list as 7:30; forty-five minutes covers the memorial, and arriving before 5:30 protects the close. Sudama Mandir opens 6:00 AM to 8:30 PM, also free, with aartis at 6:30 AM and 7:00 PM. It lies 800 metres from Kirti Mandir and its lane is walked on foot.
Are there flights to Porbandar?
Yes, out of PBD, 4-5 km from the centre: SpiceJet flies Mumbai daily since the March 2025 relaunch, and Alliance covers Mumbai and Ahmedabad (through Keshod) on Thursdays and Saturdays, with Ahmedabad fares around Rs.3,000-5,000. Hirasar, the Rajkot international airport, is 190 km north-east for morning-flight chains.
What is there to see in Porbandar besides the two shrines?
Chowpaty’s seafront for the evening, the Barda hills east of town with the Jamvant cave in the same range for a permit-based half day, and Madhavpur’s beach 50-60 km south when the next leg is Veraval anyway. A 45-60 minute halt covers the centre; an overnight covers the rest.
Is there a bus from Dwarka to Porbandar?
No direct frequency worth planning around. State buses cover the Porbandar-Khambhalia belt and the district routes east; from Dwarka the honest shape is a change at Khambhalia or Bhatiya, thinning after evening. It works without a deadline, not against the 6:00 PM close at Kirti Mandir.
Can I continue from Porbandar to Somnath or Veraval?
Yes, and the same cab should do it: Veraval is 110-115 km further down the same NH51 and Prabhas Patan only 7-8 km beyond the Veraval junction, about two and a half hours from the Porbandar halt to the temple gate. Book it as one continuous hire: stitched legs discount 10-15% against separate one-ways, with a single waiting clock through the shrines.
