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Trains from Kota Jn to Varanasi Jn

6 direct trains · 944 km · fastest 16 hr 15 min on the 09195 BRC MAU SF SPL

Check live seats and faresKota Jn (KOTA) to Varanasi Jn (BSB)

Trains and seats

  • 09195BRC MAU SF SPL
    02:4016 hr 15 min18:55

    KOTABSB · 944 km · Superfast · fastest

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  • 15635GUWAHATI EXPRES
    06:3522 hr 55 min05:30+1 arrives the next day

    KOTABSB · 983 km · Mail/Express

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  • 15667KAMAKHYA EXP
    06:3522 hr 55 min05:30+1 arrives the next day

    KOTABSB · 984 km · Mail/Express

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  • 13238KOTA PNBE EXP
    18:1020 hr 20 min14:30+1 arrives the next day

    KOTABSB · 1,052 km · Mail/Express

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  • 13240KOTA PNBE EXP
    18:1020 hr 20 min14:30+1 arrives the next day

    KOTABSB · 1,011 km · Mail/Express

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  • 19669PPTA HUMSAFAR
    18:2021 hr 10 min15:30+1 arrives the next day

    KOTABSB · 1,061 km · Mail/Express

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RAC is not a confirmed berth and a waitlist number is not a seat. Fares are our estimate from the published tables, confirmed at IRCTC checkout — never a quote.

If the direct trains are full

3 ways to Varanasi Jn with one change of train, on the date chosen above.

  • One change at Kanpur CentralCNB
    00:4513 hr 15 min14:00

    quicker than every direct train

    03110BRC SDAH SPL00:4508:45Mail/Express
    Holds 9 in 101 hr 25 min to change at CNB

    Holds about 9 times in 10 here. Measured on 1,67,808 paired days.

    22436VANDE BHARAT EX10:1014:00Shatabdi

    03110 often runs late

    KOTACNB

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    CNBBSB

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  • One change at Prayagraj JnPRYJ
    00:4515 hr 30 min16:15

    quicker than every direct train

    03110BRC SDAH SPL00:4510:50Mail/Express
    Holds 9 in 101 hr 45 min to change at PRYJ

    Holds about 9 times in 10 here. Measured on 89,490 paired days.

    15160SARNATH EXP12:3516:15Mail/Express

    03110 often runs late

    KOTAPRYJ

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    PRYJBSB

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  • One change at Prayagraj JnPRYJ
    11:5018 hr 10 min06:00+1 arrives the next day

    1 hr 55 min longer than the fastest direct

    20941BDTS GCT SF EXP11:5001:20Mail/Express
    Holds 9 in 102 hr to change at PRYJ

    Holds about 9 times in 10 here. Measured on 99,265 paired days.

    14006LICHCHIVI EXP03:2006:00Mail/Express

    20941 often runs late

    KOTAPRYJ

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    PRYJBSB

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Each leg is a separate ticket on its own PNR, booked separately — and the second one is only worth buying once the first is confirmed.

Which of these arrives on time

The share of days each train has reached Varanasi Jn within 15 minutes of its booked time, over the year to September 2026, from our delay history. 6 of 6 trains on this route have enough of a record to rank; the rest we have not tracked enough to say. A booked timetable is a promise — this is what has actually happened.

  1. 13240 KOTA PNBE EXPMost punctual
    usually on time at Varanasi Jn
    76%
  2. usually on time at Varanasi Jn
    75%
  3. typically 4 min late at Varanasi Jn
    62%
  4. typically 4 min late at Varanasi Jn
    61%
  5. typically 11 min late at Varanasi Jn
    52%

Runs late more often than not

How we grade this

Fares

Estimated from the published tables for 944 km. The exact fare is the one IRCTC shows at checkout.

Estimated fares by class for the 944 km between Kota Jn and Varanasi Jn, priced for a Mail/Express train in General quota.
ClassFareBasis
SL Sleeper490from observed fares
3E AC 3 economy1,197from observed fares
3A AC 3 tier1,292from observed fares
2A AC 2 tier1,827from observed fares
1A AC first class3,050from observed fares

One adult, General quota, for the 944 km of this route, priced as a Mail/Express — the category 5 of the 6 trains above belong to. Which classes a particular train actually carries is not in our timetable, so this is what the distance costs in each class rather than a list of what is on any one train; the seat check below reads the real classes live. Every figure is an estimate confirmed at IRCTC checkout, never a quote, and flexi-fare trains are priced at the floor because occupancy pricing cannot be known before booking.

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