Varanasi to Dhanbad train

Trains from Varanasi to Dhanbad start at €56.99 and take 3h 46m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Varanasi to Dhanbad starts at €56.99 and takes 3h 46m door to door, run by 3 operators over 443 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 46mDoor to door
  • 3h 2mMoving
  • €56.99From
  • 14.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€48.19
  1. Indian Railway IR871207:301h 40m09:10Varanasi City railway stationGaya Junction railway station
  2. ECR EC870609:591h 31m11:30Gaya Junction railway stationDhanbad Junction railway station

Changes at Gaya, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 44mCO2 13.8 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€50.39
  1. Eastern Railway ER986806:363h 2m09:38Varanasi City railway stationDhanbad Junction railway station

Door to door 3h 46mCO2 14.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
East Coast Railway€56.993h 47m
Eastern Railway€50.393h 46m
Indian Railway€51.493h 46m
  • East Coast Railway
  • Eastern Railway
  • Indian Railway

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Rooms within reach of Dhanbad Junction railway station

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Booking window

When to book Varanasi to Dhanbad

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

  1. €60.8490 days
  2. €36.0960 days
  3. €38.2945 days
  4. €45.9930 days
  5. €53.6921 days
  6. €69.0914 days
  7. €89.997 days
  8. €98.243 days
  9. €134.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.09.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 273 percent. The most expensive point is €134.54, 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. €69.09Sun
  2. €56.99Mon
  3. €57.54Tue
  4. €68.54Wed
  5. €76.24Thu
  6. €69.09Fri
  7. €74.59Sat
Terminals

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

Dhanbad

Rail
  • Dhanbad Junction railway station
  • Bhaga railway station
  • Bhuli railway station
The journey

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
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 443 km against 385 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 Gaya, Patna, Āsansol, Ranchi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 06:05 and the last at 14:49, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Varanasi to Dhanbad

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 Dhanbad take?

The Train from Varanasi to Dhanbad takes 3h 46m door to door, of which 3h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 443 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 Dhanbad cost?

The Train from Varanasi to Dhanbad starts at €56.99 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €60.84. 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 Dhanbad?

3 operators run the Train from Varanasi to Dhanbad: East Coast Railway, 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 Varanasi to Dhanbad use?

The Train from Varanasi to Dhanbad leaves from Varanasi City railway station and arrives at Dhanbad Junction 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 Dhanbad?

Fares for the Train from Varanasi to Dhanbad bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 273 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Varanasi to Dhanbad produces about 14.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 443 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 Dhanbad?

Operators on the Train from Varanasi to Dhanbad publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 46m 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 Dhanbad on September 11, 2026: 443 km of route against 385 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €56.99, and 3h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

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What to book in Dhanbad before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Dhanbad, with free cancellation on most of it.

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