Bhopal to Varanasi train

Trains from Bhopal to Varanasi start at €89.99 and take 5h 47m at their fastest.

BhopalBhopalVaranasiVaranasi
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.

The Trains from Bhopal to Varanasi starts at €89.99 and takes 5h 47m door to door, run by 3 operators over 705 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 47mDoor to door
  • 5h 3mMoving
  • €89.99 to €180.19From
  • 06:19 to 14:49First and last departure
  • 10Per day
  • 23.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€89.99 to €180.19 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 costs by departure date, from our own model. Read it as a guide to which days are dearer, not as a quote.

Indicative fares

  1. about €180.19Mon14
  2. about €160.94Tue15
  3. about €143.34Wed16
  4. about €151.04Thu17
  5. about €141.69Fri18
  6. about €147.74Sat19
  7. about €131.79Sun20
  8. about €89.99Mon21
  9. about €90.54Tue22
  10. about €108.14Wed23
  11. about €119.69Thu24
  12. about €108.14Fri25
  13. about €125.19Sat26
  14. about €109.24Sun27

Modelled from what this route has cost, not from live availability. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Cheapest€78.99
  1. Eastern Railway ER573406:365h 12m11:48Bhopal Bhadbhada GhatVaranasi City railway station

Door to door 5h 56mCO2 23.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€102.09
  1. Eastern Railway ER921714:495h 3m19:52Bhopal Bhadbhada GhatVaranasi City railway station

Door to door 5h 47mCO2 23.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
East Coast Railway€81.195h 31m
Eastern Railway€78.995h 30m
North Eastern Railway€81.745h 31m
  • East Coast Railway
  • Eastern Railway
  • North Eastern Railway

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

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Booking window

When to book Bhopal to Varanasi

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

  1. €89.9990 days
  2. €74.5960 days
  3. €63.0445 days
  4. €65.7930 days
  5. €81.1921 days
  6. €109.2414 days
  7. €131.797 days
  8. €143.343 days
  9. €180.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €63.04.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 186 percent. The most expensive point is €180.19, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €109.24Sun
  2. €89.99Mon
  3. €90.54Tue
  4. €108.14Wed
  5. €119.69Thu
  6. €108.14Fri
  7. €125.19Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bhopal

Rail
  • Bhopal Bhadbhada Ghat
  • Bhopal Junction railway station
  • Bhopal Nishatpura railway station

Varanasi

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

What the journey actually looks like

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 705 km against 613 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, Jabalpur, Jājmau, Kanpur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Bhopal at 06:19 and the last at 14:49, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bhopal 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 the Train from Bhopal to Varanasi take?

The Train from Bhopal to Varanasi takes 5h 47m door to door, of which 5h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 705 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 Bhopal to Varanasi cost?

The Train from Bhopal to Varanasi starts at €89.99 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €104.29. 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 Bhopal to Varanasi?

3 operators run the Train from Bhopal to Varanasi: East Coast Railway, Eastern Railway, North Eastern Railway. Between them they file around 10 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 Bhopal to Varanasi use?

The Train from Bhopal to Varanasi leaves from Bhopal Bhadbhada Ghat and arrives at Varanasi City 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 Bhopal to Varanasi?

Fares for the Train from Bhopal to Varanasi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €63.04. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 186 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Bhopal to Varanasi produces about 23.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 705 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Bhopal to Varanasi?

Operators on the Train from Bhopal to Varanasi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 47m 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 Bhopal to Varanasi on September 13, 2026: 705 km of route against 613 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €89.99, and 5h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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