Noida to Varanasi train

Trains from Noida to Varanasi start at €74.04 and take 7h 19m at their fastest.

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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 Noida to Varanasi starts at €74.04 and takes 7h 19m door to door, run by 4 operators over 672 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 19mDoor to door
  • 5h 8mMoving
  • €83.39 to €214.84From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 24.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€83.39 to €214.84 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 €214.84Thu24
  2. about €204.94Fri25
  3. about €162.04Sat26
  4. about €154.34Sun27
  5. about €134.54Mon28
  6. about €132.34Tue29
  7. about €94.94Wed30
  8. about €133.99Thu1
  9. about €120.24Fri2
  10. about €121.89Sat3
  11. about €130.14Sun4
  12. about €103.74Mon5
  13. about €97.69Tue6
  14. about €83.39Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€74.04
  1. North Eastern Railway NE553807:303h 9m10:39Noida stationLucknow City railway station
  2. East Coast Railway EC246512:061h 59m14:05Lucknow City railway stationVaranasi City railway station

Changes at Lucknow, with 87 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 19mCO2 22.2 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • North Eastern Railway
  • East Coast Railway
  • Northern Railway
  • Indian Railway

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

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 Noida to Varanasi

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

  1. €80.0990 days
  2. €72.3960 days
  3. €80.6445 days
  4. €83.9430 days
  5. €75.1421 days
  6. €83.3914 days
  7. €94.947 days
  8. €162.043 days
  9. €214.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €72.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 197 percent. The most expensive point is €214.84, 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. €130.14Sun
  2. €103.74Mon
  3. €97.69Tue
  4. €83.39Wed
  5. €133.99Thu
  6. €120.24Fri
  7. €121.89Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Varanasi

Rail
  • Varanasi City railway station
  • Varanasi Junction railway station
  • Eocm 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 672 km against 670 km in a straight line, a detour of 12 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Jājmau, Alīgarh, Kanpur, Lucknow. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Noida at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Noida 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 Noida to Varanasi take?

The Train from Noida to Varanasi takes 7h 19m door to door, of which 5h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 672 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 Noida to Varanasi cost?

The Train from Noida to Varanasi starts at €74.04 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €79.54. 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 Noida to Varanasi?

4 operators run the Train from Noida to Varanasi: North Eastern Railway, East Coast Railway, Northern Railway, Indian Railway. Between them they file around 4 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 Noida to Varanasi use?

The Train from Noida to Varanasi leaves from Noida 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.

When should I book the Train from Noida to Varanasi?

Fares for the Train from Noida to Varanasi bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €72.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Noida to Varanasi produces about 24.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 672 km, which works out at roughly 37 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 Noida to Varanasi?

Operators on the Train from Noida to Varanasi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 19m 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 labeled 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 Noida to Varanasi on September 23, 2026: 672 km of route against 670 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €74.04, and 7h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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