Delhi to Varanasi train tickets
Pilgrimage, tourism and family travel all land on the same corridor, which is why it behaves unpredictably. A date that looks quiet can be full because of a religious calendar you were not tracking.
- Distance
- about 780 km
- Journey
- roughly 8–14 hours
- From
- New Delhi (NDLS)
- To
- Varanasi Junction (BSB)
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Who travels Delhi to Varanasi, and when
Year-round pilgrimage traffic with sharp additions around religious dates, plus a steady international and domestic tourist flow. Wide class spread — everything from Sleeper to chair car on the faster services.
When does booking open for your Delhi–Varanasi date?
Pick your travel date to see the morning booking opens.
Try the train first. We tell you on opening morning whether it's confirmed. If it isn't, there are still about two months to book a flight for the same date, and a day or two that far out rarely changes the fare much.
Count from the day the train leaves its starting station. A few short-distance trains open later than 60 days.
General quota fills early on the fast services, and Tatkal is heavily contested. The useful move on this route is checking the religious calendar before fixing a date: shifting by two or three days around a major observance can turn a hopeless waitlist into a confirmed berth without changing anything else about the trip.
Stations on this route
- Boarding in Delhi
- New Delhi (NDLS)
- Arriving in Varanasi
- Varanasi Junction (BSB), Banaras (BSBS)
Want the Varanasi Vande Bharat specifically?
Which Varanasi Vande Bharat class actually confirms →Booking Delhi–Varanasi without getting caught out
- Varanasi has more than one station and they are not interchangeable — confirm which one your train uses and how far it is from where you are staying.
- Ask us to check the dates either side. On this corridor that single question changes the answer more often than on any other.
- Return legs out of Varanasi are frequently tighter than the outbound. Book both together.
Why book Varanasi through us rather than an app
We read the quota
An app shows you a number. We tell you whether that number will actually clear on this route.
We work the Tatkal window
Agents at the terminal for 10:00 AC and 11:00 Sleeper, every day — not on request.
Confirmed or refunded
You approve the plan and pay. If we can't confirm you, you get 100% back.
Guides for this booking
What our customers say
“Needed a Vande Bharat seat to Katra at short notice. They sorted it the same day.”
“I travel Delhi–Mumbai almost every week. When Tatkal sells out in seconds, these are the people I message. They have confirmed seats for me more times than I can count, on Rajdhani and Vande Bharat both.”
Delhi to Varanasi, answered
Why is Delhi–Varanasi full on a random weekday?+
Almost always a religious observance driving pilgrimage demand. The calendar rather than the working week sets the pattern here, which is what catches out people planning around business dates.
Should I book the return at the same time?+
Yes. Outbound availability is a poor guide to the return on this route, and travellers regularly get to Varanasi confirmed and find themselves stuck. We book both legs together as standard.