Varanasi to Kalyān train

Trains from Varanasi to Kalyān start at €131.79 and take 10h 51m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Varanasi to Kalyān starts at €131.79 and takes 10h 51m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,241 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 51mDoor to door
  • 8h 54mMoving
  • €144.44 to €416.14From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 42.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€144.44 to €416.14 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 €416.14Thu24
  2. about €332.54Fri25
  3. about €278.64Sat26
  4. about €264.34Sun27
  5. about €272.59Mon28
  6. about €208.79Tue29
  7. about €188.44Wed30
  8. about €261.59Thu1
  9. about €229.69Fri2
  10. about €212.09Sat3
  11. about €228.59Sun4
  12. about €187.89Mon5
  13. about €144.44Tue6
  14. about €145.54Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 12 October 2026

Cheapest€131.79
  1. East Coast Railway EC691307:303h 1m10:31Varanasi City railway stationHowbagh Jabalpur railway station
  2. North Eastern Railway NE749611:256h 17m17:42Howbagh Jabalpur railway stationKalyan railway station

Changes at Jabalpur, with 54 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 56mCO2 40.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€155.44
  1. East Coast Railway EC774907:304h 28m11:58Varanasi City railway stationBhopal Bhadbhada Ghat
  2. Cental Railway CR439213:114h 26m17:37Bhopal Bhadbhada GhatKalyan railway station

Changes at Bhopal, with 73 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 51mCO2 41.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

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

A hotel room

A room in Kalyān for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Varanasi to Kalyān

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

  1. €148.2990 days
  2. €125.1960 days
  3. €138.9445 days
  4. €144.4430 days
  5. €136.7421 days
  6. €145.5414 days
  7. €188.447 days
  8. €278.643 days
  9. €416.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €125.19.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 232 percent. The dearest point is €416.14, 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. €228.59Sun
  2. €187.89Mon
  3. €144.44Tue
  4. €145.54Wed
  5. €261.59Thu
  6. €229.69Fri
  7. €212.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Varanasi

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

Kalyān

Rail
  • Kalyan railway station
  • Shahad railway station
  • Ambivli 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 1,241 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, Bhopal, Aurangabad, Nashik. 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 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 Varanasi to Kalyān

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 Kalyān take?

The Train from Varanasi to Kalyān takes 10h 51m door to door, of which 8h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 1,241 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 Kalyān cost?

The Train from Varanasi to Kalyān starts at €131.79 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €160.39. 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 Kalyān?

3 operators run the Train from Varanasi to Kalyān: East Coast Railway, North Eastern 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 Varanasi to Kalyān use?

The Train from Varanasi to Kalyān leaves from Varanasi City railway station and arrives at Kalyan 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 Kalyān?

Fares for the Train from Varanasi to Kalyān bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €125.19. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 232 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Varanasi to Kalyān produces about 42.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1241 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 Varanasi to Kalyān?

Operators on the Train from Varanasi to Kalyān 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 Varanasi to Kalyān on 23 September 2026: 1241 km of route against 1219 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €131.79, 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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