Banaras railway station (station code: BNRS), formerly known as Manduadih railway station, is situated in Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a major station of Varanasi. The new sign boards have the name of the station in Hindi, English, Urdu and Sanskrit. Due to heavy rush at Varanasi Junction, it has been developed as a high facilitated station
The PrayagrajâÂÂMauâÂÂGorakhpur main line was constructed as a -wide metre-gauge line by the Bengal and North Western Railway between 1899 and 1913. It was opened as MG (metre-gauge) railway station in 1906. It is now, NSG-3 Class and Adarsh station. It was converted to broad gauge in 1993âÂÂ94.