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Varanasi
वाराणसी
How to go Varanasi?
By train
Trains are the easiest way to reach Varanasi, with multiple daily
services to cities including Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, Mumbai and
Kolkata.
Varanasi is served by two major railway stations. Many trains arrive
at Varanasi Junction (IR station code : BSB) in the heart of the
city, and many others arrive at Mughal Sarai Junction (IR station
code : MGS), about 15 km east of the city (Rs 20, 45 min in a
rickshaw).
Here is a list of useful trains to reach Varanasi:
By bus
There are daily buses to the Nepali border and other points around
northern India. Local buses leave from the main bus station near the
train station, almost every hour in the morning and one in the
evening, to Gorakhpur (5-6 hrs, Rs 120), from where buses leave to
the Nepali border at Sonauli (~3 hrs, Rs 56).
There are buses run by state government from Lucknow (8hrs), Kanpur
(9hrs - Rs. 195) and Allahabad(3hrs - Rs. 88)
By plane -
see domestic flight
Varanasi Airport (IATA: VNS) is about 25km from the city center.
Indian Airlines , Air Sahara , Jet Airways , Kingfisher
and SpiceJet all have daily flights to Delhi and there are daily
flights to Mumbai on Air Sahara ,Indian Airlines and SpiceJet.
Allow plenty of time to get to the airport, it can take an hour or
more depending on traffic. A taxi should run around Rs 200-250 or
about Rs 125 in an auto-rickshaw, but most drivers will want to
charge double since they will likely be coming back empty. If it
suits your schedule there is a daily bus at 10AM that leaves from
Hotel India and costs Rs 50.
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