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Varanasi Junction Railway Station

Varanasi Junction railway station is the main railway station serving the city of . The other key railway stations in the Varanasi Metro area are , , and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in India
  • Also known as: “Banaras Cantt Railway Station”, “Banaras Junction”, “BSB”, “Varanasi Cantonment”, “Varanasi Cantt Railway Station”, and “Varanasi Junction railway station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bharat Mata Mandir and Kashi Vishwanath Temple.

Place of worship
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
is located on the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith campus in , , India. Instead of traditional statues of gods and goddesses, this temple has a huge map of Akhand Bharat carved in marble. is situated 1¼ km south of Varanasi Junction Railway Station.

Hindu temple
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is a dedicated to Shiva. It is located in Vishwanath Gali, in , , India. The temple is a Hindu pilgrimage site and is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines. is situated 3 km southeast of Varanasi Junction Railway Station.

Stadium
Dr Sampurnanand Multipurpose Sports Stadium, nicknamed Sigra Stadium, is located in , . It is the main city stadium where most of football matches are held. is situated 1½ km south of Varanasi Junction Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sigra and Varanasi.

Locality
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is an urban locality in the city of , , . The residence of the Mayor of Varanasi is also located in the Ghanti Mill Road of .

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, once known as Benares or Banaras and Kashi, is a city at the banks of the Ganges River in , . Being the most sacred city in Hinduism and Jainism, and important in the history of Buddhism, is India's most important pilgrimage destination.

Locality
is a census town in in the state of . is situated 6 km southwest of Varanasi Junction Railway Station.

Varanasi Junction Railway Station

Latitude
25.32756° or 25° 19′ 39″ north
Longitude
82.98678° or 82° 59′ 12″ east
Operator
NR
Network
IR
Open location code
7MQ48XHP+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26753079
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­railway
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q3544938
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Wu Chinese—“Varanasi Junction Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বারাণসী জংশন রেলওয়ে স্টেশন”
  • Bhojpuri: “बनारस कैंट रेलवे स्टेशन”
  • French: “gare de Bénarès”
  • French: “gare de Varanasi-Cantt”
  • French: “gare de Varanasi-Junction”
  • French: “Gare de Varanasi-Junction”
  • French: “Varanasi-Junction”
  • Hindi: “वाराणसी छावनी रेलवे स्टेशन”
  • Hindi: “वाराणसी जंक्शन रेलवे स्टेशन”
  • Malayalam: “വാരണാസി ജംഗ്ഷൻ റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
  • Marathi: “वाराणसी जंक्शन रेल्वे स्थानक”
  • Marathi: “वाराणसी रेल्वे स्थानक”
  • Oriya: “ବାରାଣସୀ ଜଙ୍କସନ ରେଳ ଷ୍ଟେସନ”
  • Polish: “Varanasi Junction”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱟᱨᱟᱬᱟᱥᱤ ᱡᱚᱸᱠᱥᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
  • Tamil: “வாரணாசி சந்திப்பு தொடருந்து நிலையம்”
  • Urdu: “وارانسی جنکشن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
  • Wu Chinese: “Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station”
  • Wu Chinese: “瓦拉纳西军营火车站”
  • “बनारस कैंट रेलवे स्टेशन”

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Highlights include Post Office Railway Mail and Varanasi Junction Station Building.

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