How to get there	Train	Air
Air, Rail, Bus, Local Transport	Train Timings - Howrah Station, Sealdah Station	Air Timings

How to get there Air : Calcutta is a good place for competitive air fares to other parts of Asia. Most airline offices are around Chowringhee. Flights are usually with Air India, Indian Airlines, Thai International, Royal Nepal Airlines or Tarum Romanian. Netaji Subhash Airport is situated at Dumdum, around 17km northeast of the city centre. Indian Airlines connects Calcutta with Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Patna, Ahmedabad, Port Blair, Ranchi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Ban- galore, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Silchar, Imphal, Guwahati, Agartala, Bagdogra, Lilabari, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Shillong, Jamshedpur, Aizawl and Rourkela. Phone : 033-22114433/22110730, Reservation Enquiry : 141 International carriers connect Calcutta with Rome, London, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Dubai, New York, Osaka, Moscow, Kathmandu and Dhaka. Rail: Calcutta is served by two railway station, Haora (Howrah) and Sealdah and is connected to major cities all over the country. At Howrah Station, platforms 1 to 16 are in the old main building, platforms 17 to 22 are in the new annex next door. The tourist railway booking office is on the 1st floor at 6 Fairlie Place near BBD Bagh. It's open Monday to Saturday from 9an to 1pm and 1.30 to 4pm and on Sunday between 9am to 2pm.   Railway Enquiry  Telephone Centralised Railway Enquiry (Manual) 131, 22203535 Centralised Railway Enquiry (Recorded) 1331, 22203545 Railway Reservation Enquiry (Manual) 135, 22203496 Railway Reservation Enquiry  136(Eng), 137(Hindi), 138(Bengali) Bidhan Nagar Enquiry 23347119, 1311 Howrah Enquiry (Interactive Voice) 26603535 Howrah Enquiry (Manual) 26602581, 26603542 Metro Railways 22261054, 22457348, 22678081, 22678082 Sealdah Enquiry 23503535, 23503536, 23503537, 23506825 Train Information 22202789, 1310, 1311, 1312 Train Time Information 1332 Train Accident Information for Metro Railways 10720 Train Accident Information for S.E. Railway (Garden Reach) 10721 Train Accident Information for S.E. Railway Howrah Station 10722 Train Accident Information for E. Railway Howrah Station 10723 Train Accident Information for E. Railway D.R.M. Bldg Howrah 10724 Train Accident Information for E. Railway Sealdah Station 10725 Bus : Calcutta is connected by an extensive network of national highways with major cities and towns of tourist interest nearby.  Buses generally depart from the Esplanades bus stand area at the northern end of the Maidan near Chowringhee Road. But there are a number of private companies which have their own stands. Buses to and from the South generally use the bus stand near Fort William at Babu Ghat. Local Transport : Taxi -Yellow top taxis are much cheaper in Calcutta than some other Indian Cities. Rickshaw -Calcutta is the only city to have hand-pulled rickshaws many of which are hired for the day by the pullers. These sort of rickshaws only exist in small parts of central Calcutta and they are restricted to the small roads. Across the river in Howrah or in other Calcutta Suburbs, there are auto and cycle-rickshaws.   Enquiry  Telephone CSTC, Local Enquiry 22482401 CSTC, Long Distance Enquiry 22481916 NBSTC 22430736 SBSTC 22486259 WBSTC 22483037, 24116388 Calcutta Tramways Corporation 22481731, 22481732

FLIGHT TIMINGS
Monday-1, Tuesday-2, Wednesday-3, Thursday-4, Friday-5, Saturday-6, Sunday-7
Departure			Arrival
Flight No.	Time	Days	Flight No.	Time	Days
Route : Calcutta-Agartala
C-745	06:30	1,2,3,5,6	IC-746	08:50	1,2,3,5,7
IC-745	07:40	4,7	IC-746	10:00	4,7
IC-743	14:25	1,4	IC-744	16:45	1,4
CD-7241	09:00	3,5	CD-7242	11:10	3,5
CD-7243	14:15	7	CD-7244	18:45	7
Route : Calcutta-Ahmedabad
CD-72:69	15:20	1,3,5	CD7269	21:55	1,3,5
CD-72:67	15:20	2,4,6	CD-7267	21:55	2,4,6
Route : Calcutta-Aizwal
CD-7211	10:15	1,3,5	CD-7212	14:35	1,3,5
Route : Calcutta-Bagdogra
IC-771	11:05	1,3,5	IC-772	13:35	1,3,5
9W-611/617	09:50	1,3,5	9W-618/616	16:40	1,3,5
Route : Calcutta-Bangalore
IC-771	19:45	daily	IC-772	10:55	daily
9W-511	14:55	daily	9W-512	21:20	daily
Route : Calcutta-Bhubaneshwar
CD-7544	09:10	1,3,5,7	CD-7543	15:25	1,3,5,7
CD-7278	18:00	2,4,6	CD -7277	09:00	2,4,6
Route : Calcutta-Chennai(Madras)
CD-7544	11:50	1,3,5,7	CD-7543	15:25	1,3,5,7
IC-765	18:10	daily	IC-766	21:20	daily
9W-842	19:45	daily	9W-841	19:05	daily
Route : Calcutta-Delhi
IC-263	07:00	daily	IC-264	20:25	daily
9W-902	08:45	daily	9W-901	08:00	daily
IC-402	17:30	daily	IC-401	08:55	daily
9W-912	20:10	daily	9W-911	19:20	daily
Route : Calcutta-Dibrugarh
IC-701	11:45	1,3,5,7	IC-702	15:25	1,3,5,7
Route : Calcutta-Dimapur
CD-7215	09:45	4,7	CD-7215	13:35	4,7
CD-7257	10:15	2,6	CD-7257	14:05	2,6
Route : Calcutta-Guwahati
9W-611	09:50	daily	9W612	12:40	daily
IC-229	10:00	daily	IC-230	13:10	daily
9W-615	11:10	1,3,5	9W616	16:40	1,3,5
Route : Calcutta-Hyderabad
9W-511	14:55	daily	9W512	21:20	daily
CD-7278	18:00	2,4,6	CD-7277	09:00	2,4,6
CD-7272	18:00	1,3,5	CD-7271	09:00	1,3,5
Route : Calcutta-Imphal
CD-7255	10:45	2,4,6	CD-7256	15v15	2,4,6
IC-713	10:50	7	IC-714	13v40	7
CD-7211	10:15	1,3,5	CD-7112	14:35	1,3,5
9W-615	11:10	2,3,5,7	9W-616	17:10	2,3,5,7
9W-621	11:10	4,7	9W-622	17:05	4,7
Route : Calcutta-Jaipur
CD-7269	15:20	1,3,5	CD--7269	21:55	1,3,5
CD-7267	15:20	2,4,5	CD-7267	21:55	2,4,5
Route : Calcutta-Jorhat
9W-621	11:10	4,7	9W-622	17:05	4,7
CD-7257	10:15	2,6	CD-7257	14:05	2,6
Route : Calcutta-Lucknow
CD-7412	06:30	daily	CD-7411	21:20	daily
S2-908	17:05	daily	S2-907	15:30	1,3,5,7
			S2-907	15:35	2,4,6
Route : Calcutta-Mumbai
9W-202	06:20	daily	9W-201	09:00	daily
IC-676	06:30	daily	IC-675	08:45	daily
S2-908	17:05	daily	S2-907	15:30	daily
9W-216	18:00	daily	9W-203	10:30	daily
AL-305	20:25	3	AL-306	18:30	5
9W-212	19:55	daily	9W-211	19:10	daily
IC-273	18:30	daily	IC-274	18:55	daily
AL-683	23:05	1	AL682	22:05	1
Route : Calcutta-Nagpur
CD-7272	18:00	1,3,5	CD-7271	09:00	3,5,7
Route : Calcutta-Patna
CD-7412	06:30	daily	CD-7411	21:20	daily
S2-908	17:05	1,3,5,7	S2-907	15:30	1,3,5,7
Route : Calcutta-Port Blair
CD-7285	05:30	1,2,4,6,7	CD-7286	10:00	1,2,4,6,7
Route : Calcutta-Silchar
CD-7253	05:50	1,3,5	CD-7254	08:20	1,3,5
CD-7255	10:45	2,4,6	CD-7256	15:15	2,4,6
Route : Calcutta-Tezpur
CD-7215	09:45	4,7	CD-7215	13:35	4,7
Route : Calcutta-Varanasi
S2-908	17:05	2,4,6	S2-907	15:35	2,4,6
Route : Calcutta-Vishakhapatnam
CD-7544	11:50	1,3,5,7	CD-7543	15:25	1,3,5,7

TRAIN TIMINGS - Howrah Station
Monday-1, Tuesday-2, Wednesday-3, Thursday-4, Friday-5, Saturday-6, Sunday-7
	Up Trains		Down Trains
Train Name	No:	Departure	No:	Arrival
Delhi-Kalka Mail	2311	19:15	2312	6:45
Amritsar Mail	3005	19:20	3006	7:35
Mumbai Mail via Allahabad	3003	20:00	3004	13:15
Poorva (New Delhi) Express via Gaya-Varanasi	2381	9:15 (3,4,7)	2382	16:15(2,3,6)
Poorva (New Delhi) Express via Patna	2303	9:15(1,2,5,6)	2304	16:15(1,4,5,7)
Rajdhani Express via Gaya	2301	17:00(1,2,3,5,6)	2302	10:45(1,2,4,5,7)
Rajdhani Express via Patna	2305	13:45(4,7)	2306	12:40(3,6)
Jodhpur Express	2307	23:30	2308	4:40
Shatabdi (Bokaro Steel City) Express	2019	6:05(Except 7)	2020	21:10(Except 7)
Himgiri (Jammu-Tawi) Express	3073	23:00(2,5,6)	3074	11:35(2,3,6)
Guwahati Saralghat Express	3045	22:00(2,3,6)	3046	06:00(2,5,6)
Gorakhpur Express	5049	23:00(4)	5050	11:35(4)
Purbanchal (Gorakhpur) Express	5047	13:00(1,3,5,7)	5048	4:15(1,3,5,7)
Doon Express via Grand Chord	3009	20:15	3010	7:00
Udyan Abha Toofan Express via Main Line	3007	9:45	3008	18:10
Delhi Janata Express	3039	21:00	3040	5:15
Amritsar Express	3049	13:10	3050	15:30
Bagh( Kathgodam )Express	3019	21:50	3020	11:55
Mithila (Raxaul) Express	3021	16:00	3022	5:00
Kamrup (Guwahati) Express	5659	15:25	5660	6:30
Black Diamond Express	3317	6:15	3318	21:25
Coalfield Express	3029	17:11	3030	10:30
Agnibeena ( Asansol ) Express	3035	18:20	3036	8:45
Danapur Express	3231	21:05	3232	6:30
Jamalpur Express	3071	22:30	3072	5:10
Santiniketan Express	3015	9:55	3016	15:40
Ganadevta Express	3017	6:05	3018	21:45
Chambal (Gwalior) Express	1159	15:15(1,2,4)	1160	7:55(1,4,5)
Shipra (Indore) Express	9305	15:15(3,6,7)	9306	7:55(3,6,7)
Shaktipunj (Chopan) Express	1448	14:30	1447	4:30
Chambal (Agra Cantt.) Express	1181	15:15(5)	1182	7:55(2)
Guwahati - Cochin Harbour Terminus Weekly Express (via Howrah & Vishakhapatnam)	5624	03:50(7)	5624	03:30(7)
Guwahati - Bangalore City Bi-Weekly Express (via Howrah & Cuttack)	6520	03:50(1,3)	5626	03:30(1,3)
Bangalore City - Guwahati Bi-Weekly Express (via Cuttack & Howrah)	5625	14:10(6,7)	6519	13:45(6,7)
Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Howrah)	2421	17:00(7)	2421	16:35(7)
New Delhi - Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (via Howrah)	2422	11:05(2,6)	2422	10:45(2,6)
Shatabdi (Rourkela) Express	2021	6:00(Except 7)	2022	21:00(Except 7)
Madras Mail	6003	19:15	6004	7:40
Mumbai Mail via Nagpur	8002	19:20	8001	8:20
Ahmedabad Express	8034	20:15	8033	5:45
Gitanjali (Bombay) Express	2860	12:25	2859	15:20
Kurla Express ( via Nagpur )	8030	10:45	8029	16:00
Coromandal ( Chennai ) Express via Cuttack	2841	13:15(4,7)	2842	12:20(3,6)
Fulaknuma (Secunderabad) Express	2703	7:50	2704	19:40
Ispat (Sambalpur) Express	8011	6:50	8012	21:35
Sambalpur-Rayagada Express	8005	20:40	8006	5:00
East Coast (Hyderabad) Express	7045	9:35	7046	16:15
Ranchi Hatia Express	8015	21:25	8016	7:20
Shri Jagannath (Puri) Express	8409	18:25	8410	9:00
Puri Express (via Cuttack )	8007	21:45	8008	6:20
Azad Hind (Pune) Bi Weekly Express	1030	15:45(7)	1029	5:15(5)
Dhauli (Bhubaneswar) Express	2821	6:15	2822	22:15
Tirupati Express	7479	23:30	7480	4:00
Tata Steel Express	8013	17:30	8014	10:20
Trivandrum Central - Howrah - Guwahati Express	5627	14:10(1)	5627	13:45(1)
Guwahati - Howrah - Trivandrum Central Express	5628	03:50(4)	5628	03:30(4)
Purulia Express	8017	16:45(Except 6)	8018	12:05(Except 7)
Cochin Harbour Terminus - Guwahati Weekly Express (via Vishakhapatnam & Howrah)	5623	14:10(4)	5623	13:45(4)
Howrah -Trivandrum Bi -Weekly Express	6324	22:25(1,5)	6323	13:45(1,5)
Howrah-Tiruchirapalli Tri-Weekly Express.	6803	15:10(4,7)	6804	4:30(2,4,7)

Availability of Tickets, seats and berths can be had from Official Indian railway website,
www.indianrailways.gov.in