Cheapest€22.34
- Indian Railway IR814006:271h 24m07:51Varanasi City railway stationBasti railway station
Door to door 2h 8mCO2 6.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Varanasi to Basti train
Trains from Varanasi to Basti start at €29.49 and take 2h 8m at their fastest.
The Trains from Varanasi to Basti starts at €29.49 and takes 2h 8m door to door, run by 1 operator over 191 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 8mDoor to door
- 1h 24mMoving
- €29.49From
- 6.3 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 | €22.34 | 2h 7m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Basti railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Basti for the night the train gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Varanasi to Basti
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €36.6490 days
- €19.5960 days
- €22.3445 days
- €24.5430 days
- €28.9321 days
- €35.5414 days
- €50.397 days
- €44.893 days
- €71.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 267 percent. The most expensive point is €71.84, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €36.64Sun
- €29.49Mon
- €31.69Tue
- €32.79Wed
- €38.29Thu
- €35.54Fri
- €35.54Sat
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
Bastī
Rail
- Basti railway station
- Orwara railway station
- Tinich 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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 191 km against 166 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 Bhadohi, Jaunpur, Sultānpur, Gyānpur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Varanasi 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.
Questions about Varanasi to Basti
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 Basti take?
The Train from Varanasi to Basti takes 2h 8m door to door, of which 1h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 191 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 Basti cost?
The Train from Varanasi to Basti starts at €29.49 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €31.13. 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 Basti?
1 operators run the Train from Varanasi to Basti: 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 Varanasi to Basti use?
The Train from Varanasi to Basti leaves from Varanasi City railway station and arrives at Basti 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 Varanasi to Basti?
Fares for the Train from Varanasi to Basti bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.59. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 267 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Varanasi to Basti produce?
The Train from Varanasi to Basti produces about 6.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 191 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 Basti?
Operators on the Train from Varanasi to Basti publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 8m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 Basti on September 11, 2026: 191 km of route against 166 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €29.49, and 2h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Day trips out of Basti and across India
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