An airport bus (Rs25) connects with flights landing at Babatpur Airport , 22km northwest of the city, and goes to the Indian Airlines office, via the Government of India Tourist Office, both in the Cantonment area. Taxis charge around Rs200-250 for the same journey.

 

Varanasi lies on the main east-west axis between Delhi and Calcutta, and is actually served by two stations: Varanasi Cantonment in the town itself, and Mughal Sarai , 17km out of town. Varanasi Cantonment is the most conveniently located, but depending on where you are travelling from, you may find yourself using the Mughal Sarai line. There are retiring rooms at Mughal Sarai and local buses and taxis regularly make the 17km-trip to Varanasi. Most buses terminate a couple of hundred metres east of the railway station along the main (Grand Trunk) road and in the Cantonment bus station where the chaos, confusion and noise is much the same as on the Grand Trunk Road but enclosed. Buses from Nepal are met by the rickshaw mafia.