How To Reach Varanasi

Varanasi is well-connected by air, rail, and road. One of the major factors in Varanasi is its access to all parts of the country. Within the city mobility is provided by taxis, rickshaws, cycle rickshaws, and three-wheelers, but with certain restrictions in the old town area of the city.

How To Reach Varanasi By Air

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (IATA: VNS) is the only Airport of Varanasi which located 25km northwest of the city centre.

For domestic , Varanasi Airport is well connected with all major cities like Mumbai, Delhi , Kolkata , Chennai , Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Khajuraho, Visakhapatnam , Bhopal, Patna, Lucknow, Gaya , Jaipur , Guwahati, Chandigarh from which regular flights come to Varanasi .

How To Reach Varanasi By Train

Varanasi Junction, commonly known as Varanasi Cantt Railway Station, is the city's largest train station. More than 360,000 passengers and 240 trains pass through each day. Because of huge rush at Varanasi Junction the railway developed 3 more stations as a high facilitated terminal.

These stations are:

⇛ Manduadih {BANARAS} railway station is also a Terminal station of Varanasi.

⇛ Varanasi City railway station is also one of the railway stations in Varanasi district. It is 4 km North-East of Varanasi Junction railway station. It serves as Terminal station because of heavy rush at Varanasi Junction.

⇛ Mughalsarai {Pandit Din Dayal Upadhaya} Junction railway station is also the important station in Varanasi suburban which 20 Km far away.

How To Reach Varanasi By Road

By road Varanasi is well connected with all major cites of UP like; Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Khajuraho {MP}, Kanpur, Faizabad, Bodhgaya {Bihar}, Prayagraj.

National Highway	Route	Total Length
NH 19	Delhi » Mathura » Agra » Kanpur » Allahabad » Varanasi » Mohania » Barhi » Palsit » Kolkata	1323 km
NH 233	Varanasi » Azamgarh » Tanda » Basti » Siddharthnagar » Lumbini (Nepal)	288 km
NH 35	Mahoba » Banda » Chitrakoot » Allahabad » Mirzapur » Varanasi	346 km
NH 31	Unnao » Raebareli » Pratapgarh » Varanasi » Patna » Samsi	968 km
NH 7	Varanasi » Jabalpur » Nagpur » Hyderabad » Bangalore » Kanyakumari	2369 km