Kashi - City of Lights --- According to Rigveda the city is referred to as Kashi - the 'luminous city as an eminent seat of learning'. Its roots go back to the Kingdom of Kashi, which was an independent Brahmin state until 1194. It became a British territory in 1775, and a state in 1911. It is the site of Ramnagar Fort and its museum, which are the repository of the history of the kings of Varanasi and, since the 18th century, has been the home of the Kashi Naresh. The earliest rulers of Benares were revenue contractors for the Awadh province of the Mughal Empire. As the Mughal suzerainty weakened, they regained the territories of Benaras and declared themselves Maharajas of Benares between 1739 and 1760. On 15 October 1948 Benares' last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union. Kashi's religious importance continued to grow in the 8th century, when Adi Shankara established the worship of Shiva as an official sect of Kashi. Despite the Muslim rule, Kashi remained the centre of activity for Hindu intellectuals and theologians during the Middle Ages, which further contributed to its reputation as a cultural centre of religion and education. Several major figures of the Bhakti movement were born in Kashi, including Kabir and Ravidas. Guru Nanak Dev visited Benaras for Shivratri in 1507, a trip that played a large role in the founding of Sikhism. In the 16th century, Benaras experienced a cultural revival under the Mughal emperor Akbar who invested in the city and built two large temples dedicated to Shiva and Vishnu. Kashi/Benaras/Varanasi was educational and musical centre, many prominent Indian philosophers, poets, writers, and musicians live or have lived in the city, and it was the place where the Benaras Gharana form of Hindustani classical music was developed. One of Asia's largest residential universities is Benaras Hindu University (BHU). The Hindi-language nationalist newspaper 'Aaj' was first published in 1920.

Such a historic place but the station is less popular due to the nearby Varanasi Junction. The station located in Rajghat area of Varanasi city, have got three platforms & stoppage of about 38 trains. Station code - KEI.