Cheapest€32.24
- Indian Railway IR583606:272h 11m08:38Varanasi City railway stationBanda railway station
Door to door 2h 55mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Varanasi to Bānda train
Trains from Varanasi to Bānda start at €41.59 and take 2h 55m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Varanasi to Bānda on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Varanasi to Bānda starts at €41.59 and takes 2h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 310 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 2h 55mDoor to door
- 2h 11mMoving
- €41.59 to €92.74From
- 06:27 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 10.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€41.59 to €92.74 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €82.29Tue15
- about €81.74Wed16
- about €92.74Thu17
- about €79.54Fri18
- about €70.19Sat19
- about €64.69Sun20
- about €58.09Mon21
- about €49.84Tue22
- about €50.94Wed23
- about €59.19Thu24
- about €56.44Fri25
- about €56.99Sat26
- about €56.99Sun27
- about €41.59Mon28
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 cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indian Railway | €32.24 | 2h 55m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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A room in Bānda for the night the train gets in
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When to book Varanasi to Bānda
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €43.2390 days
- €33.3460 days
- €36.0945 days
- €33.8930 days
- €32.2421 days
- €41.5914 days
- €58.097 days
- €92.743 days
- €82.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €32.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 188 percent. The dearest point is €92.74, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €56.99Sun
- €41.59Mon
- €49.84Tue
- €50.94Wed
- €59.19Thu
- €56.44Fri
- €56.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Varanasi
Rail
- Varanasi City railway station
- Varanasi Junction railway station
- Eocm railway station
Bānda
Rail
- Banda railway station
- Ichauli railway station
- Dingwahi railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 310 km against 269 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 Bhadohi, Prayagraj, Bela, Gyānpur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Varanasi at 06:27 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Varanasi to Bānda
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 Varanasi to Bānda take?
The Train from Varanasi to Bānda takes 2h 55m door to door, of which 2h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 310 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 Varanasi to Bānda cost?
The Train from Varanasi to Bānda starts at €41.59 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €42.68. 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 Varanasi to Bānda?
1 operators run the Train from Varanasi to Bānda: Indian Railway. Between them they file around 5 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 Varanasi to Bānda use?
The Train from Varanasi to Bānda leaves from Varanasi City railway station and arrives at Banda 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 Varanasi to Bānda?
Fares for the Train from Varanasi to Bānda bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €32.24. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 188 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Varanasi to Bānda produce?
The Train from Varanasi to Bānda produces about 10.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 310 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 Varanasi to Bānda?
Operators on the Train from Varanasi to Bānda publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 55m 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.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Varanasi to Bānda on 14 September 2026: 310 km of route against 269 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €41.59, and 2h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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