Raipur to Varanasi train

Trains from Raipur to Varanasi start at €61.39 and take 6h 59m 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 Raipur to Varanasi starts at €61.39 and takes 6h 59m door to door, run by 2 operators over 587 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

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

  • 6h 59mDoor to door
  • 4h 42mMoving
  • €79.54 to €197.24From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 20.7 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.

€79.54 to €197.24 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 €197.24Thu24
  2. about €170.84Fri25
  3. about €127.94Sat26
  4. about €127.39Sun27
  5. about €115.84Mon28
  6. about €119.14Tue29
  7. about €79.54Wed30
  8. about €110.34Thu1
  9. about €96.59Fri2
  10. about €96.04Sat3
  11. about €114.19Sun4
  12. about €85.04Mon5
  13. about €80.64Tue6
  14. about €86.14Wed7

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€61.39
  1. Northern Railway NR902607:303h 44m11:14Raipur City railway stationPrayagraj Rambag railway station
  2. East Coast Railway EC509412:4758m13:45Prayagraj Rambag railway stationVaranasi City railway station

Changes at Prayagraj, with 93 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 59mCO2 19.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

  • Northern Railway
  • East Coast 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

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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Booking window

When to book Raipur to Varanasi

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

  1. €64.6990 days
  2. €77.3460 days
  3. €81.7445 days
  4. €81.7430 days
  5. €77.8921 days
  6. €86.1414 days
  7. €79.547 days
  8. €127.943 days
  9. €197.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €64.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 205 percent. The dearest point is €197.24, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. €114.19Sun
  2. €85.04Mon
  3. €80.64Tue
  4. €79.54Wed
  5. €110.34Thu
  6. €96.59Fri
  7. €96.04Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Raipur

Rail
  • Raipur City railway station
  • CBD Naya Raipur railway station
  • Raipur Junction 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 587 km against 475 km in a straight line, a detour of 32 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Jabalpur, Prayagraj. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Raipur 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 Raipur 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 Raipur to Varanasi take?

The Train from Raipur to Varanasi takes 6h 59m door to door, of which 4h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 587 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 Raipur to Varanasi cost?

The Train from Raipur to Varanasi starts at €61.39 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €66.07. 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 Raipur to Varanasi?

2 operators run the Train from Raipur to Varanasi: Northern Railway, East Coast 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 Raipur to Varanasi use?

The Train from Raipur to Varanasi leaves from Raipur City 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 Raipur to Varanasi?

Fares for the Train from Raipur to Varanasi bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €64.69. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 205 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Raipur to Varanasi produces about 20.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 587 km, which works out at roughly 35 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 Raipur to Varanasi?

Operators on the Train from Raipur to Varanasi publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 59m 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 Raipur to Varanasi on 23 September 2026: 587 km of route against 475 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €61.39, and 6h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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