Lowest CO2€70.19
- Eastern Railway ER684006:364h 19m10:55Kolkata railway stationVaranasi City railway station
Door to door 5h 3mCO2 20.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kolkata to Varanasi train
Trains from Kolkata to Varanasi start at €77.89 and take 5h at their fastest.
The Trains from Kolkata to Varanasi starts at €77.89 and takes 5h door to door, run by 2 operators over 624 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5hDoor to door
- 4h 16mMoving
- €77.89From
- 20.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 |
|---|---|
 Eastern Railway | €70.19 |
 Indian Railway | €67.44 |
The trip ends at Varanasi City railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Varanasi for the night the train gets in
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When to book Kolkata to Varanasi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €83.3390 days
- €57.9660 days
- €56.1945 days
- €48.5230 days
- €71.2921 days
- €80.3814 days
- €86.877 days
- €93.953 days
- €101.621 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €48.52.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 109 percent. The most expensive point is €101.62, 1 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.
- €80.38Sun
- €78.02Mon
- €77.89Tue
- €85.04Wed
- €91.59Thu
- €93.36Fri
- €85.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Kolkata
Rail
- Kolkata railway station
- Sagnik Pramanik
- Kona 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
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 624 km against 624 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 Bokāro, Dhanbad, Āsansol, Durgapur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Kolkata at 06:05 and the last at 17:14, across 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 26m | 1h 16m | 3h 10m | €78.02 | 158.2 kg | 4 |
| Train | 5h | 4h 16m | 44m | €77.89 | 20.6 kg | 10 |
Questions about Kolkata 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 Kolkata to Varanasi take?
The Train from Kolkata to Varanasi takes 5h door to door, of which 4h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 624 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 Kolkata to Varanasi cost?
The Train from Kolkata to Varanasi starts at €77.89 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €87.79. 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 Kolkata to Varanasi?
2 operators run the Train from Kolkata to Varanasi: Eastern Railway, Indian 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 Kolkata to Varanasi use?
The Train from Kolkata to Varanasi leaves from Kolkata 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 Kolkata to Varanasi?
Traveling from Kolkata to Varanasi by Flight costs €78.02 and takes 4h 26m door to door, against 5h 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 Kolkata to Varanasi?
Fares for the Train from Kolkata to Varanasi bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €48.52. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 109 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kolkata to Varanasi produce?
The Train from Kolkata to Varanasi produces about 20.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 624 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 Kolkata to Varanasi?
Operators on the Train from Kolkata to Varanasi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 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 Kolkata to Varanasi on September 13, 2026: 624 km of route against 624 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €77.89, and 5h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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