--- title: "Mahmudabad to Varanasi – 3 ways by train, car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Mahmudabad to Varanasi is 290 km. Fastest: drive in 5h 11m. Cheapest: train from ₹300. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mahmudabad-to-varanasi" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mahmudabad-to-varanasi.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/New_Vishwanath_Temple_at_BHU.jpg/1920px-New_Vishwanath_Temple_at_BHU.jpg" --- ![Varanasi](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/New_Vishwanath_Temple_at_BHU.jpg/1920px-New_Vishwanath_Temple_at_BHU.jpg) # How to get from Mahmudabad to Varanasi [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi) [Varanasi to Mahmudabad](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/varanasi-to-mahmudabad) Kuber Patel, Rosehub (CC BY-SA 4.0) **Fastest:** 5h 11m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ₹300\ by train\ **Distance:** 290 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 6\ 3 ways, Thu 29 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 290 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 29 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 4h 45m slower than driving but ₹1,800 cheaper; for most people that trade is worth it. - [**Train** best cheapest 9h 57m₹300–1,690 Estimated 6 departures · Indian Railways](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi) - [**Drive** fastest 5h 11m₹2,140–2,670 Estimated 329 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi) - [**Taxi** 5h 11m₹6,200–8,850 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from India; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Parts of India are advised against, not on this route** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/india/warnings-and-insurance) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.ind.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:03 → 18:35 10h 32m · 3 changes · Indian Railways 55092₹615–1,380](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 2. [11:11 → 22:30 11h 19m · 2 changes · Indian Railways 15312₹720–1,385](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=t2) 3. [14:53 → 00:50^+1 9h 57m · 3 changes · Indian Railways 55083₹755–1,690](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=t5) 4. [19:42 → 12:56^+1 17h 14m · 1 change · Indian Railways 55034₹320–1,270](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=t6) 5. [19:42 → 08:58^+1 13h 16m · 2 changes · Indian Railways 55034₹300–1,540](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=t7) 6. [20:30 → 13:28^+1 16h 58m · 1 change · Indian Railways 15273₹405–1,655](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Mahmudabad&to=Varanasi&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=t8) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Mahmudabad to Varanasi? The fastest way is by car: about 5h 11m door to door. The straight-line distance is 290 km. What is the cheapest way from Mahmudabad to Varanasi? Train is the cheapest, from ₹300. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from Mahmudabad to Varanasi? Not today. Train journeys involve a change; the fastest takes 9h 57m. How far is Varanasi from Mahmudabad by road? About 329 km, roughly 5h 11m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ₹2,140–2,670; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - Indian Railways Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Varanasi Metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India Varanasi, or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. The city also has a syncretic tradition of Islamic artisanship that underpins its religious tourism. Located in the middle-Ganges valley in the southeastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi lies on the left bank of the river. It is 692 kilometres (430 mi) to the southeast of India's capital New Delhi and 320 kilometres (200 mi) to the southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It lies 121 kilometres (75 mi) downstream of Prayagraj, where the confluence with the Yamuna river is another major Hindu pilgrimage site. 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