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Banaras Railway Station (station code: BSBS), formerly known as Manduadih Railway Station, is located in
Varanasi Varanasi (, also Benares, Banaras ) 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 has a syncretic tradition of I ...
,
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, India. This station, recently renamed to resonate more closely with the city's heritage, has become a key transit point in the North Eastern Railway Zone. Due to high demand at
Varanasi Junction Varanasi Junction railway station (station code: BSB), also known as Varanasi Cantt railway station, is the main railway station serving the city of Varanasi. The other key railway stations in the Varanasi Metro area are Banaras, Varanasi C ...
, Banaras Station has been upgraded with extensive passenger facilities, making it one of the city's high-amenity stations. The new signboards display the station's name in Hindi, English, Urdu, and Sanskrit, underscoring its cultural significance.


History

The
Prayagraj–Mau–Gorakhpur main line Prayagraj–Mau–Gorakhpur main line is a passenger and freight train line operating in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. The line has 51 stations, between its start at to its point of termination at . Operation The Allahabad–Mau–Gorakhp ...
was constructed as a -wide
metre-gauge Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and ...
line by the Bengal and North Western Railway between 1899 and 1913. It was opened as MG (
metre-gauge Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and ...
) railway station in 1906. It is now, NSG-3 Class and Adarsh station. It was converted to
broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countries ...
in 1993–94.


Express trains originating from Banaras


Passenger trains originating from Banaras


See also

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Varanasi Junction railway station Varanasi Junction railway station (station code: BSB), also known as Varanasi Cantt railway station, is the main railway station serving the city of Varanasi. The other key railway stations in the Varanasi Metro area are Banaras, Varanasi Ci ...
*
Varanasi City railway station Varanasi City railway station is one of the railway stations in Varanasi. It is Northeast of Varanasi Junction railway station, northeast of Banaras Hindu University and southeast of Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport. It serves as terminal stat ...
* Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station *
Kashi railway station {{Use Indian English, date=January 2016} {{Infobox station , name = Kashi railway station , native_name = , native_name_lang = , symbol_location = , symbol = , image = , type ...
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Kerakat railway station Kerakat railway station (KCT) is a passenger rail station serving the town of Kerakat and nearby villages. It is situated from . It has two platforms. Outline Kerakat railway station is one of the railway stations on the Jaunpur–Kerakatâ ...


References


External links


List of All Trains at Banaras Railway Station
{{Varanasi Railway stations in Varanasi Varanasi railway division