Cheapest€25.09
- Indian Railway IR707906:271h 31m07:58Gaya Junction railway stationVaranasi City railway station
Door to door 2h 15mCO2 6.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Gaya to Varanasi train
Trains from Gaya to Varanasi start at €32.79 and take 2h 15m at their fastest.
The Trains from Gaya to Varanasi starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 15m door to door, run by 1 operator over 209 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 15mDoor to door
- 1h 31mMoving
- €32.79From
- 6.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indian Railway | €25.09 | 2h 15m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Varanasi City railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Gaya to Varanasi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.7990 days
- €24.5460 days
- €22.8945 days
- €20.6930 days
- €33.7721 days
- €31.4114 days
- €36.097 days
- €44.343 days
- €43.211 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €20.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 114 percent. The most expensive point is €44.34, 3 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.
- €33.77Sun
- €31.41Mon
- €31.41Tue
- €34.44Wed
- €42.62Thu
- €40.85Fri
- €36.09Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Gaya
Rail
- Gaya Junction railway station
- Kastha railway station
- Paimar railway station
Varanasi
Rail
- Varanasi City railway station
- Varanasi Junction railway station
- Eocm railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 209 km against 209 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Patna, Bokāro, Dhanbad, Ranchi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Gaya at 06:27 and the last at 07:30, across 5 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 15m | 1h 31m | 44m | €32.79 | 6.9 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 3h 52m | 42m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 52.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Gaya 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 Gaya to Varanasi take?
The Train from Gaya to Varanasi takes 2h 15m door to door, of which 1h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 209 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 Gaya to Varanasi cost?
The Train from Gaya to Varanasi starts at €32.79 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €74.04. 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 Gaya to Varanasi?
1 operators run the Train from Gaya to Varanasi: Indian Railway. Between them they file around 5 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 Gaya to Varanasi use?
The Train from Gaya to Varanasi leaves from Gaya Junction railway station 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.
Is the Train the best way from Gaya to Varanasi?
Traveling from Gaya to Varanasi by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 52m door to door, against 2h 15m 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 Gaya to Varanasi?
Fares for the Train from Gaya to Varanasi bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €20.69. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 114 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Gaya to Varanasi produce?
The Train from Gaya to Varanasi produces about 6.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 209 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 Gaya to Varanasi?
Operators on the Train from Gaya to Varanasi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 15m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Gaya to Varanasi on September 13, 2026: 209 km of route against 209 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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