Lowest CO2€79.54
- East Coast Railway EC755906:195h 8m11:27Varanasi City railway stationNew Delhi railway station
Door to door 5h 52mCO2 22.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Varanasi to Delhi train
Trains from Varanasi to Delhi start at €85.59 and take 5h 21m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Varanasi to Delhi on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Varanasi to Delhi starts at €85.59 and takes 5h 21m door to door, run by 4 operators over 682 km, with around 48 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 21mDoor to door
- 4h 37mMoving
- €85.59 to €154.89From
- 06:19 to 21:25First and last departure
- 48Per day
- 22.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€85.59 to €154.89 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 €154.89Mon14
- about €130.69Tue15
- about €138.39Wed16
- about €142.24Thu17
- about €130.69Fri18
- about €135.64Sat19
- about €124.64Sun20
- about €86.69Mon21
- about €85.59Tue22
- about €91.64Wed23
- about €113.64Thu24
- about €105.94Fri25
- about €110.89Sat26
- about €100.99Sun27
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 29 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 East Coast Railway | €72.39 |
 Eastern Railway | €71.29 |
 Northern Railway | €72.94 |
 South Eastern Railway | €71.84 |
The train gets you into Delhi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Delhi for the night the train gets in
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When to book Varanasi to Delhi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €73.8990 days
- €62.0960 days
- €53.8345 days
- €51.4730 days
- €67.4021 days
- €87.4614 days
- €105.757 days
- €114.013 days
- €130.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €51.47.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 154 percent. The dearest point is €130.53, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €87.46Sun
- €74.48Mon
- €73.30Tue
- €77.43Wed
- €96.90Thu
- €89.23Fri
- €90.41Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Varanasi
Rail
- Varanasi City railway station
- Varanasi Junction railway station
- Eocm railway station
Delhi
Rail
- New Delhi railway station
- Delhi Cantt railway station
- Delhi Azadpur railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 682 km against 682 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Varanasi at 06:19 and the last at 21:25, across 48 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 28m | 1h 18m | 3h 10m | €73.30 | 172.9 kg | 40 |
| Train | 5h 21m | 4h 37m | 44m | €85.59 | 22.5 kg | 48 |
Questions about Varanasi to Delhi
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 Delhi take?
The Train from Varanasi to Delhi takes 5h 21m door to door, of which 4h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 682 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 Delhi cost?
The Train from Varanasi to Delhi starts at €85.59 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €87.52. 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 Delhi?
4 operators run the Train from Varanasi to Delhi: East Coast Railway, Eastern Railway, Northern Railway, South Eastern Railway. Between them they file around 48 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 Delhi use?
The Train from Varanasi to Delhi leaves from Varanasi City railway station and arrives at New Delhi 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.
Is the Train the best way from Varanasi to Delhi?
Travelling from Varanasi to Delhi by Flight costs €73.30 and takes 4h 28m door to door, against 5h 21m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Varanasi to Delhi?
Fares for the Train from Varanasi to Delhi bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €51.47. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 154 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Varanasi to Delhi produce?
The Train from Varanasi to Delhi produces about 22.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 682 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 Delhi?
Operators on the Train from Varanasi to Delhi publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 21m 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Delhi on 13 September 2026: 682 km of route against 682 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €85.59, and 5h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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