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.

Jabalpur to Varanasi

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Jabalpur to Varanasi. From €44.34, fastest 3h 49m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Jabalpur to Varanasi runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 14:51. One passenger pays between €44.34 and €59.19, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 49m over 450 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€44.34 to €59.19

  • 162%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Jabalpur

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:08First departure
  • 14:51Last departure
  • 10Services per day
  • 60%Run direct

Eastern Railway runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Jabalpur to Varanasi on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €111.99Fri18
  2. about €116.94Sat19
  3. about €85.04Sun20
  4. about €72.39Mon21
  5. about €72.94Tue22
  6. about €86.69Wed23
  7. about €77.34Thu24
  8. about €69.64Fri25
  9. about €80.64Sat26
  10. about €70.74Sun27
  11. about €63.04Mon28
  12. about €60.84Tue29
  13. about €72.94Wed30
  14. about €60.84Thu1
  15. about €54.79Fri2
  16. about €56.99Sat3
  17. about €52.59Sun4
  18. about €48.19Mon5
  19. about €44.34Tue6
  20. about €47.09Wed7
  21. about €59.19Thu8

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 train gets you into Varanasi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

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 Jabalpur to Varanasi

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

  1. €53.1490 days
  2. €42.6960 days
  3. €43.7945 days
  4. €51.4930 days
  5. €59.1921 days
  6. €60.8414 days
  7. €77.347 days
  8. €85.043 days
  9. €111.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 162 percent. The most expensive point is €111.99, 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.
€111.99€42.69137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Jabalpur to Varanasi and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

450 km

392 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

1,081,6771,164,404

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

JabalpurJabalpurVaranasiVaranasi
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 450 km against 392 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 Prayagraj, Jājmau, Lucknow, Kanpur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

Varanasi is large, and the road in from VNS can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Varanasi

Settled in advance, so the ride into Varanasi costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Varanasi City railway station

Most of the points near Varanasi City railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Jabalpur to Varanasi

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Jabalpur to Varanasi?

The fastest journey from Jabalpur to Varanasi takes 3h 49m door to door, of which 3h 5m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 4m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Jabalpur to Varanasi?

The cheapest fare from Jabalpur to Varanasi is €44.34, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €78.99. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Jabalpur to Varanasi?

The cheapest way from Jabalpur to Varanasi is by train, at €44.34 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 3h 49m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Jabalpur to Varanasi?

Fares from Jabalpur to Varanasi bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €42.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 162 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Jabalpur to Varanasi?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Jabalpur to Varanasi, at €60.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Jabalpur to Varanasi?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Jabalpur to Varanasi, at €40.49 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Jabalpur to Varanasi?

No operator record names Jabalpur to Varanasi directly. East Coast Railway, Eastern Railway, North Eastern Railway publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Jabalpur to Varanasi?

60 percent of the services we sell from Jabalpur to Varanasi are direct. The rest connect at Prayagraj, Jājmau, Lucknow, Kanpur, with about 53 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Jabalpur to Varanasi use?

Services from Jabalpur to Varanasi by train leave from Howbagh Jabalpur railway station and arrive at Varanasi City railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Jabalpur to Varanasi?

3 of the 3 operators we sell from Jabalpur to Varanasi allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Jabalpur to Varanasi on September 17, 2026: 450 km of route against 392 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €44.34, and 3h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Varanasi a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Varanasi and across India

Day trips that leave Varanasi in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Jabalpur reaches 33 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 242 to 1,161 km. Varanasi reaches 62 places in 3 countries, from 45 to 2,769 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Jabalpur

  • 33Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 7Operators

Arriving in Varanasi

Leaving Varanasi

  • 62Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 13Operators

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