Bhopal to Varanasi runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 14:51. One passenger pays between €67.99 and €78.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 30m over 705 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€67.99 to €78.99
- 111%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Bhopal
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:08First departure
- 14:51Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €143.34Wed16
- about €185.69Thu17
- about €141.69Fri18
- about €147.74Sat19
- about €131.79Sun20
- about €111.99Mon21
- about €90.54Tue22
- about €108.14Wed23
- about €119.69Thu24
- about €108.14Fri25
- about €125.19Sat26
- about €109.24Sun27
- about €97.69Mon28
- about €78.99Tue29
- about €88.89Wed30
- about €94.39Thu1
- about €84.49Fri2
- about €88.34Sat3
- about €81.19Sun4
- about €74.59Mon5
- about €67.99Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Varanasi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Varanasi for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Varanasi City railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Bhopal to Varanasi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €77.8990 days
- €82.8460 days
- €75.1445 days
- €81.1930 days
- €67.9921 days
- €78.9914 days
- €90.547 days
- €141.693 days
- €143.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €67.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 111 percent. The dearest point is €143.34, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bhopal to Varanasi and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
705 km
613 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
1,798,218 → 1,164,404
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 705 km against 613 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Prayagraj, Jabalpur, Jājmau, Kanpur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Varanasi is large, and the road in from VNS can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Varanasi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Varanasi costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Varanasi City railway station
Most of the points near Varanasi City railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Bhopal to Varanasi
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Bhopal to Varanasi?
The fastest journey from Bhopal to Varanasi takes 5h 30m door to door, of which 4h 51m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 52m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Bhopal to Varanasi?
The cheapest fare from Bhopal to Varanasi is €67.99, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €122.44. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bhopal to Varanasi?
The cheapest way from Bhopal to Varanasi is by train, at €78.99 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 35m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Bhopal to Varanasi?
Fares from Bhopal to Varanasi bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €67.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 111 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bhopal to Varanasi?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bhopal to Varanasi, at €78.99. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bhopal to Varanasi?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bhopal to Varanasi, at €62.49 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Bhopal to Varanasi?
3 operators sell services from Bhopal to Varanasi across 1 mode: East Coast Railway, Eastern Railway, North Eastern Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Bhopal to Varanasi?
60 percent of the services we sell from Bhopal to Varanasi are direct. The rest connect at Prayagraj, Jabalpur, Jājmau, Kanpur, with about 50 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Bhopal to Varanasi use?
Services from Bhopal to Varanasi by train leave from Bhopal Bhadbhada Ghat and arrive at Varanasi City railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bhopal to Varanasi?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Bhopal to Varanasi allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bhopal to Varanasi on 15 September 2026: 705 km of route against 613 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €67.99, and 5h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Varanasi a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Varanasi and across India
Day trips that leave Varanasi in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bhopal reaches 64 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 166 to 1,144 km. Varanasi reaches 62 places in 3 countries, from 45 to 2,769 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bhopal
- 64Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Varanasi
Leaving Varanasi
- 62Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 13Operators