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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.
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Enquiry
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Telephone
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| CSTC, Local Enquiry |
22482401 |
| CSTC, Long Distance Enquiry |
22481916 |
| NBSTC |
22430736 |
| SBSTC |
22486259 |
| WBSTC |
22483037, 24116388 |
| Calcutta Tramways Corporation |
22481731, 22481732 |
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