Air
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport commonly known as Babatpur Airport is located at a distance of 21 km from Varanasi Cant Station.
All the major domestic Indian carriers including Air India, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Spicejet, and international carriers like Air India, Mihin Lanka, Thai Airways International,Korean Air and Naaz Airlines operate from here. The Airport handled more than 5.50 lakh passengers per year.
A new terminal catering to both domestic and international passengers opened in 2010 on 150 acres (0.61 km) of land adjacent to the airport. The old terminal building could handle only about 200 domestic passengers at any given time, but the new terminal building can handle 1, 000 passengers and will have parking for 500 vehicles.
Haj Flights
Haj Flights started operating from Varanasi in 2007. About 5000 Haj pilgrims from various districts of eastern U.P. board flights here. Saudi Arabia based Nas Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines operated direct flights from Varanasi to Medinah in 2010 and 2011.
Rail
Varanasi Junction commonly known as Varanasi Cantt Railway Station, is the major rail and one of the most busiest and highest revenue generating stations in India. The station records a rush of more than 1.5 lakh passengers and more than 240 trains passing through here on a daily basis. It is partly under the administrative control of Lucknow Division of the Northern Railway Zone, and partly under the administrative control of Varanasi Division of North Eastern Railway Zone of the Indian Railways.
The first railway line to Benares was opened from Howrah in December 1862 and was built by the East Indian Railway Company. The station was build on right bank of the Ganges. Later in 1872, Oudh & Rohilkund Railway Company opened rail line from Benaras to Lucknow. In 1887, Dufferin Bridge was constructed over the Ganges at Varanasi allowing trains to go to
