Mughalsarai.
Mughal Sarai Junction of East Central Railway is another major railway station 8 km from the city limit (16 km from Varanasi Cant Station). At Mughal Sarai Junction, two most important railway lines meet: 1. Main Line (Delhi-Allahabad-Patna-Howrah) and 2) Grand Cord (Delhi-Moradabad-Lucknow-Varanasi-Gaya-Howrah). A large number of trains are available here, particularly to eastern India.
Manduadih is another rail terminal at a distance of 4 km from Varanasi Cant Station. Trains of North Eastern Railway originate from this station. It is under the administrative control of Varanasi Division of NE Railway.
Other important railway stations in the city are Varanasi City, Kashi, Sarnath, Shivpur, Bhulanpur and Babatpur.
Road
In ancient times, the city was connected by a road starting from Taxila and ending at Pataliputra during the Mauryan Empire. This road was later renovated and extended from Kolkata to Peshawar by Emperor Sher Shah Suri during the 16th century and later during the British Raj came to be known as the famous Grand Trunk Road.
The G.T. Road is now known as NH 2 between Kolkata and Kanpur. NH 2 further extends to Delhi via Agra. NH 56 connects Varanasi to Lucknow via Jaunpur, Sultanpur; and NH 29 connects Varanasi to Gorakhpur via Ghazipur. NH 7 which is the longest National Highway in India connects Varanasi with the cities of Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Salem, Madurai and Kanyakumari.
SH 87 links Varanasi to Bhadohi, the carpet city; and SH 5A connects Varanasi to Shaktinagar. Grand trunk road also known as GT road originating from Kolkata up to Delhi and further up to Lahore (in Pakistan) passes via Varanasi, it connects Varanasi to Allahabd, Kanpur, Aligarh cities. National highway no. 7 longest national highway in India from Varanasi to Kanyakumari (in Tamil Nadu) originates from here and it connects Varanasi to central and southern parts of India
