Kalyān to Varanasi train

Trains from Kalyān to Varanasi start at €125.74 and take 10h 51m 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 Kalyān to Varanasi starts at €125.74 and takes 10h 51m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,222 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 51mDoor to door
  • 9h 17mMoving
  • €147.74 to €385.89From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 42.0 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.

€147.74 to €385.89 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 €385.89Thu24
  2. about €336.39Fri25
  3. about €266.54Sat26
  4. about €281.94Sun27
  5. about €221.44Mon28
  6. about €234.09Tue29
  7. about €171.94Wed30
  8. about €207.69Thu1
  9. about €217.59Fri2
  10. about €192.29Sat3
  11. about €218.69Sun4
  12. about €188.44Mon5
  13. about €165.34Tue6
  14. about €147.74Wed7

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€125.74
  1. Cental Railway CR100307:304h 44m12:14Kalyan railway stationBhopal Bhadbhada Ghat
  2. East Coast Railway EC689213:514h 42m18:33Bhopal Bhadbhada GhatVaranasi City railway station

Changes at Bhopal, with 97 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 11h 47mCO2 41.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€132.34
  1. North Eastern Railway NE812907:306h 11m13:41Kalyan railway stationHowbagh Jabalpur railway station
  2. East Coast Railway EC416014:313h 6m17:37Howbagh Jabalpur railway stationVaranasi City railway station

Changes at Jabalpur, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 51mCO2 40.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

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 Kalyān to Varanasi

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

  1. €154.8990 days
  2. €129.5960 days
  3. €147.1945 days
  4. €152.6930 days
  5. €133.4421 days
  6. €147.7414 days
  7. €171.947 days
  8. €266.543 days
  9. €385.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €129.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 198 percent. The dearest point is €385.89, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €218.69Sun
  2. €188.44Mon
  3. €165.34Tue
  4. €147.74Wed
  5. €207.69Thu
  6. €217.59Fri
  7. €192.29Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kalyān

Rail
  • Kalyan railway station
  • Shahad railway station
  • Ambivli 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 1,222 km against 1,219 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Jabalpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Bhopal. 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kalyān at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Kalyān 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 Kalyān to Varanasi take?

The Train from Kalyān to Varanasi takes 10h 51m door to door, of which 9h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 1,222 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 Kalyān to Varanasi cost?

The Train from Kalyān to Varanasi starts at €125.74 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €137.84. 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 Kalyān to Varanasi?

3 operators run the Train from Kalyān to Varanasi: North Eastern Railway, East Coast Railway, Cental Railway. Between them they file around 4 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 Kalyān to Varanasi use?

The Train from Kalyān to Varanasi leaves from Kalyan 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 Kalyān to Varanasi?

Fares for the Train from Kalyān to Varanasi bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €129.59. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Kalyān to Varanasi produce?

The Train from Kalyān to Varanasi produces about 42.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1222 km, which works out at roughly 34 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 Kalyān to Varanasi?

Operators on the Train from Kalyān to Varanasi publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 51m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kalyān to Varanasi on 23 September 2026: 1222 km of route against 1219 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €125.74, and 10h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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