Varanasi to Surat train

Trains from Varanasi to Surat start at €119.69 and take 10h 26m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Varanasi to Surat starts at €119.69 and takes 10h 26m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,137 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 26mDoor to door
  • 8h 25mMoving
  • €132.34 to €380.94From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 37.5 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.

€132.34 to €380.94 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 €366.64Wed23
  2. about €380.94Thu24
  3. about €327.59Fri25
  4. about €270.94Sat26
  5. about €240.69Sun27
  6. about €257.19Mon28
  7. about €192.29Tue29
  8. about €179.09Wed30
  9. about €239.59Thu1
  10. about €212.64Fri2
  11. about €196.69Sat3
  12. about €213.19Sun4
  13. about €172.49Mon5
  14. about €132.34Tue6

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€119.69
  1. North Eastern Railway NE155307:305h 41m13:11Varanasi City railway stationIndore Junction railway station
  2. Cental Railway CR145214:282h 44m17:12Indore Junction railway stationSurat railway station

Changes at Indore, with 77 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 26mCO2 37.5 kgChanges 1Refundable

Lowest CO2€126.29
  1. East Coast Railway EC947107:304h 43m12:13Varanasi City railway stationBhopal Bhadbhada Ghat
  2. Cental Railway CR600713:253h 51m17:16Bhopal Bhadbhada GhatSurat railway station

Changes at Bhopal, with 72 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 30mCO2 37.5 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

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

A hotel room

A room in Surat for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Varanasi to Surat

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

  1. €148.8490 days
  2. €118.5960 days
  3. €148.8445 days
  4. €154.8930 days
  5. €119.6921 days
  6. €132.3414 days
  7. €192.297 days
  8. €327.593 days
  9. €366.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €118.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 209 percent. The dearest point is €366.64, 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. €213.19Sun
  2. €172.49Mon
  3. €132.34Tue
  4. €179.09Wed
  5. €239.59Thu
  6. €212.64Fri
  7. €196.69Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Varanasi

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

Surat

Rail
  • Surat railway station
  • Surat high-speed railway station
  • Kosad 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 1,137 km against 1,136 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bhopal, Indore. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Varanasi to Surat

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 Surat take?

The Train from Varanasi to Surat takes 10h 26m door to door, of which 8h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 1,137 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 Surat cost?

The Train from Varanasi to Surat starts at €119.69 for one passenger, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare is €122.99. 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 Surat?

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

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

Fares for the Train from Varanasi to Surat bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €118.59. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 209 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Varanasi to Surat produces about 37.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1137 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 Surat?

Operators on the Train from Varanasi to Surat publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 26m 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 Varanasi to Surat on 22 September 2026: 1137 km of route against 1136 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €119.69, and 10h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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