BHU - DLW Road, Sundarpur, Varanasi, (U.P.), Near - BHU, Banaras (Manududih) Railway Station
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Varanasi Cantt Railways Station
Varanasi Junction, popularly known as Varanasi Cantt Railway Station is the main railway station which serves the city of Varanasi.

Varanasi Junction, also known as Benares Junction, Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station and Benares Cantonment Railway Station (station code: BSB), is the main railway station which serves the city of Varanasi. It is the headquarters of Varanasi railway division of North Eastern Railway zone.

Overview

The station serves as an important hub for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. It is the headquarters of the Varanasi railway division in the North Eastern Railway zone. Platforms 6–9, however, come under the administrative control of the Lucknow Division of the Northern Railway Zone.

History

The first railway line to Benares was opened from Howrah station in December 1862. George Turnbull, the Chief Engineer of the East Indian Railway Company was responsible for deciding the route and building the 541-mile line via Bandel, Burdwan, Rajmahal and Patna. This route up the Ganges plain, with few hills, was chosen because of the primitive railway engines then available.
The station was built on the right bank of the Ganges.
In 1872, the Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway Company opened the line from Benares to Lucknow. In 1887, Dufferin Bridge was constructed over the Ganges at Benares allowing trains to go to Mughalsarai.
The present station building on the city side was built while Kamlapati Tripathi was railway minister (1975–77). The cantonment-side building was opened in 1998 by the then railway minister Nitish Kumar. The circulating area was renovated in 2008.

Infrastructure

The Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station has a modern Route Interlock System with automated signalling system. Varanasi railway station was ranked 14 among 75 busiest A1 category stations on cleanliness scale. The station ranks 30th in overall ranking. Varanasi railway station handles a large number of passengers, with more than 250 trains daily.


BHU - DLW Road, Sundarpur, Varanasi, (U.P.), Near - BHU, Banaras (Manududih) Railway Station
  • telephone:

    +91 8285639100, 8707531433
  • email:

    booking@hotelinvaranasi.xyz