Train tickets to Varanasi for Kashi Vishwanath
Varanasi has three stations that matter: Varanasi Junction, about 5 km from Kashi Vishwanath, where the Vande Bharats end; Banaras (formerly Manduadih), where several Delhi trains start; and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction across the Ganga, where the Rajdhanis stop. Which one your train uses changes the plan. We book the trains for families and groups.
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The railhead for Varanasi
Varanasi Junction (BSB)
The main station, about 5 km from Kashi Vishwanath. Both Vande Bharats from Delhi and many other trains end here.
Banaras (formerly Manduadih)
About 5.5 km from the temple. The Shiv Ganga and Kashi Vishwanath Expresses to Delhi start here.
Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction (DDU)
Formerly Mughalsarai, about 17 km away across the Ganga — where the Rajdhanis and Durontos on the Delhi–Howrah main line stop.
Trains to Varanasi
Kashi is one of the best-connected pilgrimage cities in India — Vande Bharat, Rajdhani and daily First AC from both coasts.
Vande Bharats
New Delhi ↔ Varanasi, via Kanpur and Prayagraj
Executive · AC Chair Car
Two trains, six days a week each.
Shiv Ganga & Kashi Vishwanath Expresses
New Delhi ↔ Banaras
First AC
Daily — overnight from Delhi.
Mahanagari & LTT–Banaras
Mumbai ↔ Varanasi
First AC
Daily — from Mumbai.
Doon & Amritsar Mail
Howrah ↔ Varanasi
First AC
Daily — from Kolkata.
Rajdhanis at DDU
Delhi ↔ Howrah / Patna / Ranchi / Bhubaneswar, via DDU
First AC · 2A · 3A
About a dozen Rajdhanis stop at DDU — about 17 km from the ghats.
Sabarmati Express
Ahmedabad ↔ Varanasi
First AC
Daily between its two numbers — from Ahmedabad.
Booking a Varanasi yatra
- Dev Deepawali is Tuesday 24 November 2026 — Varanasi's busiest night of the year. Bookings opened in late September; Tatkal is the fallback.
- Mahashivratri falls on 6 March 2027 — book the morning booking opens.
- From Chennai, Bengaluru, Surat and Indore there are weekly direct trains with First AC — tell us your city and we'll find the one that runs on your dates.
How we book a yatra group
Families, mandalis, sangats and company groups — the same care whatever the size.
Many PNRs, booked together
Every booking holds up to six travellers — four on Tatkal — so a group is several bookings made together, with families kept side by side wherever the train allows.
Elders in the right berth
First AC and 2A for elders who need comfort and lower berths, 3A and Sleeper where that suits the group. We ask about every traveller's needs before booking.
One list on WhatsApp
Every PNR reaches the organiser on WhatsApp, with a list of who is in which coach and berth — ready to share with the group.
Each traveller counts
Only a confirmed berth counts, passenger by passenger. Anyone left without one gets a 100% refund, even if the others travel.
Out, onward and home
Many yatras link several places. We book every leg — out, between shrines and home — so the whole journey is planned before anyone sets off.
Invoices for trusts
When a trust, mandal or company books, we issue a GST invoice.
Only a confirmed berth counts. RAC doesn't.
App guarantees treat RAC as a success: you share a berth overnight and they pay nothing. We don't. If we can't deliver a confirmed (CNF) berth, you get a 100% refund, no questions asked — usually the same day, and always within 48 hours of asking — or the alternative that suits you better.
Varanasi by train, answered
Which Varanasi station is nearest to Kashi Vishwanath?+
Varanasi Junction, about 5 km away, and Banaras, about 5.5 km. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction (DDU), where the Rajdhanis stop, is about 17 km across the Ganga.
Is there a Vande Bharat to Varanasi?+
Yes — two run from New Delhi to Varanasi, six days a week each, in Executive and AC Chair Car, via Kanpur and Prayagraj.
Does the Rajdhani stop at Varanasi?+
The Dibrugarh Rajdhani via Lucknow stops at Varanasi Junction; about a dozen other Rajdhanis on the Delhi–Howrah line stop at DDU.
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