Lowest CO2€84.49
- East Coast Railway EC959106:523h 45m10:37Varanasi City railway stationAgra City railway station
Door to door 4h 29mCO2 17.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Varanasi to Agra train
Trains from Varanasi to Agra start at €69.09 and take 4h 28m at their fastest.
The Trains from Varanasi to Agra starts at €69.09 and takes 4h 28m door to door, run by 4 operators over 539 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 28mDoor to door
- 3h 44mMoving
- €69.09From
- 17.8 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 |
|---|---|---|
 East Coast Railway | €68.54 | 4h 24m |
 Eastern Railway | €60.84 | 4h 25m |
 Northern Railway | €66.89 | 4h 25m |
 South Eastern Railway | €58.09 | 4h 24m |
The trip ends at Agra City railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Agra for the night the train gets in
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When to book Varanasi to Agra
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €63.2790 days
- €42.1460 days
- €45.9945 days
- €51.4730 days
- €65.2421 days
- €83.3914 days
- €105.397 days
- €108.143 days
- €163.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 287 percent. The most expensive point is €163.14, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €83.39Sun
- €69.09Mon
- €69.64Tue
- €80.09Wed
- €92.19Thu
- €83.39Fri
- €91.09Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Varanasi
Rail
- Varanasi City railway station
- Varanasi Junction railway station
- Eocm railway station
Agra
Rail
- Agra City railway station
- Agra Fort railway station
- Agra Cantt 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
- 69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 539 km against 539 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kanpur, Jājmau, Kanpur Cantonment, Prayagraj. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 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 Varanasi at 06:29 and the last at 14:39, across 12 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 20m | 1h 10m | 3h 10m | €70.35 | 136.8 kg | 1 |
| Train | 4h 28m | 3h 44m | 44m | €69.09 | 17.8 kg | 12 |
Questions about Varanasi to Agra
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 Varanasi to Agra take?
The Train from Varanasi to Agra takes 4h 28m door to door, of which 3h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 539 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 Varanasi to Agra cost?
The Train from Varanasi to Agra starts at €69.09 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €82.29. 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 Varanasi to Agra?
4 operators run the Train from Varanasi to Agra: East Coast Railway, Eastern Railway, Northern Railway, South Eastern Railway. Between them they file around 12 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 Varanasi to Agra use?
The Train from Varanasi to Agra leaves from Varanasi City railway station and arrives at Agra 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 Varanasi to Agra?
Traveling from Varanasi to Agra by Flight costs €70.35 and takes 4h 20m door to door, against 4h 28m 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 Varanasi to Agra?
Fares for the Train from Varanasi to Agra bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 287 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Varanasi to Agra produce?
The Train from Varanasi to Agra produces about 17.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 539 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 Varanasi to Agra?
Operators on the Train from Varanasi to Agra publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 28m 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 Varanasi to Agra on September 11, 2026: 539 km of route against 539 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €69.09, and 4h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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