Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi train

Trains from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi start at €32.79 and take 4h 10m at their fastest.

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The Ganga and Meer and Dasaswarmedh Ghat from our balcony of the Hotel Alka and our first real view of everything going on along the river.

The Trains from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi starts at €32.79 and takes 4h 10m door to door, run by 3 operators over 283 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 10mDoor to door
  • 2h 11mMoving
  • €39.39 to €97.14From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 9.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 13 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€39.39 to €97.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €85.04Wed23
  2. about €81.19Thu24
  3. about €97.14Fri25
  4. about €59.74Sat26
  5. about €55.89Sun27
  6. about €50.39Mon28
  7. about €56.99Tue29
  8. about €39.93Wed30
  9. about €47.64Thu1
  10. about €48.19Fri2
  11. about €46.54Sat3
  12. about €57.54Sun4
  13. about €43.79Mon5
  14. about €39.39Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 13 October 2026

Cheapest€32.79
  1. ECR EC550407:3042m08:12Bihar Sharif Junction railway stationGaya Junction railway station
  2. Indian Railway IR925009:551h 40m11:35Gaya Junction railway stationVaranasi City railway station

Changes at Gaya, with 103 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 49mCO2 9.5 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€34.98
  1. ECR EC377007:3037m08:07Bihar Sharif Junction railway stationPatna Ghat railway station
  2. East Coast Railway EC533709:221h 34m10:56Patna Ghat railway stationVaranasi City railway station

Changes at Patna, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 10mCO2 9.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

  • ECR
  • East Coast Railway
  • Indian Railway

The train gets you into Varanasi. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Varanasi for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €38.8490 days
  2. €33.8860 days
  3. €41.0345 days
  4. €41.5930 days
  5. €32.7921 days
  6. €39.3914 days
  7. €56.997 days
  8. €97.143 days
  9. €85.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €32.79.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 196 percent. The dearest point is €97.14, 3 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €55.89Sun
  2. €43.79Mon
  3. €39.39Tue
  4. €39.93Wed
  5. €47.64Thu
  6. €48.19Fri
  7. €46.54Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bihār Sharīf

Rail
  • Bihar Sharif Junction railway station
  • Wena railway station
  • Chandi railway station

Varanasi

Rail
  • Varanasi City railway station
  • Varanasi Junction railway station
  • Eocm railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 283 km against 253 km in a straight line, a detour of 13 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Patna, Gaya. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bihār Sharīf at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bihār Sharīf 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 the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi take?

The Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi takes 4h 10m door to door, of which 2h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 283 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi cost?

The Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi starts at €32.79 for one passenger, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare is €33.89. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi?

3 operators run the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi: ECR, East Coast Railway, Indian Railway. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi use?

The Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi leaves from Bihar Sharif Junction railway station and arrives at Varanasi City railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi?

Fares for the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €32.79. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 196 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi produce?

The Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi produces about 9.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 283 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi?

Operators on the Train from Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 10m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bihār Sharīf to Varanasi on 22 September 2026: 283 km of route against 253 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 4h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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