Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport constitutes the international airport in Kolkata city. The airport is the prime air carrier of the north eastern cities of the India and an entry point for a foreign tourist. The airport is located about 16 kms from the center of the city and at a place called Dum Dum. The airport has been delivering services from the year 1924 when the first aircraft (Dakota-3) landed here. The airport has earned a great reputation in the recent years. The 50,000 passenger traffic statistics has put it in the list of the busiest airports of India.

The domestic airport for Kolkata city is grounded at Behala. Behala Airport is located towards the west of the city and at a distance of about 13 kms from the heart of the city. The airport serves as the landing strip for the passenger flights in the nearby cities. Roadways connects the airport with the rest of the city.

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.

The International Terminal :
Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is more popularly known as the Dum Dum Airport. This airport was set up in 1920. It's a small airport and has two terminals - domestic and international, which are adjacent to each other. The airport is 22kms (14 miles) from the city center.

Air travel in India is a luxury so airports are not very busy. Kolkata airport is well connected to other parts of India. A few international airlines also have their services through Kolkata. The Ashok Airport Hotel is a few minutes drive from the terminal buildings. Check out the airline websites for flight timings.

Airlines: Air India: 50 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata 700071. Biman Bangaldesh Airlines: Chowringhee Mansion, 30C J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016. British Airways: 41 J.L.Nehru Road, Kolkata-700071. Druk Air: 51 Tivoli Court, 1A,Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700019. Indian Airlines: Airlines House, 39 Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata 700012. Jet Airways: Stephen Court, 18D Park Street, Kolkata-700071. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines: Jeevandeep, 1 Middleton Street, Kolkata-700071. Royal Brunei Airlines: 3C Camac Street, Kolkata-700016. Royal Jordanian Airines: 2/7 Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata 700020. Royal Nepal Airlines: 41 J L Nehru Road, Kolkata 700016. Sahara Airlines: Sahara India Sadan, 2A Shakespeare Sarani,Kolkata-700071. Singapore Airlines: 1 Lee Road, 2nd floor, Kolkata-700020. Thai Airways: Crescent Towers, 8th floor, 229 A.J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata-700020.

In 1854, the inaugural train in Eastern India ran from Howrah to Pandua in Hooghly. The railways have come a long way since then. The Indian Railway has several divisions of which the Eastern Railway and the South Eastern Railway are headquartered in Kolkata. There are two major railway stations in Kolkata - Howrah and Sealdah. Both Howrah and Sealdah have two terminals each. So it's best to check in advance the station and the terminal where your train will depart / arrive.

The Rajdhani Express connects Howrah and Sealdah to New Delhi.

All the major Indian cities are connected by fast trains. Air-conditioned coaches are comfortable and convenient. Railway reservations are computerized and it is advisable to book tickets in advance. There are several railway reservation offices in the city.

The main long distance trains are Rajdhani Express (Howrah - New Delhi), Rajdhani Express (Sealdah - New Delhi), Shatabdi Express (Howrah - Patna), Ahmedabad Express (Howrah - Ahmedabad), Amritsar Mail (Howrah - Amritsar), Azad Hind Express (Howrah - Pune), Bangalore Express (Howrah - Bangalore), Chambal Express (Howrah - Gwalior), Chambal Express (Howrah - Agra Cantt.), Cochin Express (Howrah - Cochin), Coromandel Express (Howrah - Chennai), Doon Express (Howrah - Dehradun), Falaknuma Express (Howrah - Hyderabad), Geetanjali Express (Howrah - Mumbai VT), Himgiri Express (Howrah - Jammu), Jodhpur Express (Howrah - Jodhpur), Jyaneshwari AC Express (Howrah - Mumbai Kurla), Kalka Mail (Howrah - Kalka), Poorva Express (Howrah - New Delhi), Purvanchal Express (Howrah - Gorakhpur), Shaktipunj Express (Howrah - Jabalpur), Shipra Express (Howrah - Indore), Trivandrum Express (Howrah - Trivandrum).

Regional trains include the Shatabdi Express (Howrah - Ranchi), Shatabdi Express (Howrah - Rourkela), Agnibeena Asansol Express (Howrah - Asansol), Baghajatin Express (Howrah - Balasore), Bhagirathi Express (Howrah - Lalgola), Black Diamond Express (Howrah - Dhanbad), Coalfield Express (Howrah - Dhanbad), Danapur Express (Howrah - Danapur), Darjeeling Mail (Sealdah - New Jalpaiguri), Dhauli Express (Howrah - Bhubaneshwar), Gour Express (Sealdah - Malda), Kanchanjungha Express (Sealdah - Guwahati), Purulia Express (Howrah - Purulia), Saraighat Express (Howrah - Guwahati), Shantiniketan Express (Howrah - Shantiniketan), Sri Jagannath Express (Howrah - Puri), Teesta Torsa Express (Sealah - Haldibari), Uttar Banga Express (Sealdah - New Coochbehar).

Eastern Railway: Fairlie Place, 17 NS Road, Kolkata - 700001.

South Eastern Railway: 11 Garden Reach Road, Kolkata - 700043.

Railway Reservation Offices:

Rail reservation offices are located at Howrah Railway Station, Sealdah Railway Station, Fairlie Place, New Koilaghat, Old Koilaghat (all three around BBD Bagh) and Rabindra Sadan (opp Metro Station on J.L. Nehru Road). These are open from 0900 to 2000 hours on working days and on Sundays and holidays from 0900 to 1400 hours. Reservation offices at Dum Dum Rail Station, Bidhan Nagar Rail Station, Ballygunge Rail Station, Tollygunge Metro Station and Majherhat Rail Station are open from 0900 to 1600 hours Monday through Saturday. Check office timings with the railways.

Howrah Railway Station is one of the largest railway terminals in the world. The station is grounded in the win city of Kolkata that is Howrah. Hooghly river separates the mainlands of the Howrah and Kolkata, but the regions are linked with well established railway lines, roadways and water transport. Howrah Railway Complex came to life when it breathed for the first time in the year 1854. The first train of the station ran from Howrah to Pandua in the same year. Since then the railway complex has been providing services to most of the cities of India.

Howrah Railway Station has two adjacent terminals, the old and the new one. The old terminal caters to the South Eastern as well as Eastern Railways where as the new one provides services to the South Eastern Railways only. Rajdhani and Shatabdi are best two trains that run to and from the station. Howrah Railway Complex also houses a hotel, Yatri Niwas, that provides facilities to the travellers.

Sealdah Railway Station is the main railway station in the city of Kolkata. The railway station provides the services to the city suburbs as well as long distance transportation. Sealdah with the nearby railway station of Howrah form the headquarters of Eastern and South Eastern Railways. Sealdah Railway Station is primarily a suburban service provider.

Sealdah Railway Station has two sections, one facilitating the transportation in the city suburbs only and called as the South section, and the other providing for the long distances as well as the city suburbs and called as the Main Section. Sealdah South Section provides transportation to areas like Ballygunje, Jadavpur, Garia, Budge and district towns of West Bengal like Port Canning, Shantipur and Diamond Harbour. The Main section provides services to the northern suburbs like Dum Dum, Barrackpore, Kalyani and district towns of Ranaghat, Krishnanagar, Shantipur, etc.

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.

A birds eye view of Kolkata city reveals a profuse network of interlinking roads. The city does not have any particular major bus station. But there are a number of smaller terminal located in the premises of various suburbs. The bus services available for the city comprises of the State Bus Services, Private Bus Services, Mini Bus Services and Calcutta Transport Corporation (CTC) Services.

State buses ply between important sectors and suburbs of the region. The buses have regular stops in the suburbs they provide their services. Private buses on the other hand connects whole of the city. The mini buses likewise have fixed terminals and ply between them only. CTC buses have their terminals at the major terminals like that of Esplanade, Golpark, Behala, BBD Bagh, etc. It is because of the huge population and the booming number of vehicles that the city witnesses some of the worst traffic jams. The public transport, especially private buses, have not a very good reputation in the city.

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.

The headquarters of the Kolkata State Transport Corporation: Long distance bus services from Kolkata are provided by a host of public sector companies like the Kolkata State Transport Corporation , the North Bengal State Transport Corporation, the South Bengal State Transport Corporation and the West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation. The Kolkata State Transport Corporation has services to tourist places like Digha, Diamond Harbour, Namkhana, Hazaribagh, Ranchi, Rajgir and Puri. North Bengal State Transport Corporation runs services to north Bengal towns like Siliguri, Baharampur, Malda and Raiganj. The Orissa State Road Transport Corporation and the Bihar State Road Transport Corporation also have bus services from Kolkata. Several private operators also provide a number of services. Long distance bus services generally start from the Esplanade Bus Terminus (near Sahid Minar) right in the heart of Kolkata. Long distance buses also leave from Babu Ghat (near Eden Gardens), Howrah Station and the Ultadanga terminus.

International bus Services:

International bus services are run by the West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation to Dhaka (Bangladesh) and by the Royal Bhutan Government to Phuntsholing (Bhutan). The Dhaka buses leave from Karunamoyee (Bidhan Nagar/ Salt Lake) while the Bhutan buses leave from Esplanade.

•	Kolkata State Transport Corporation (CSTC):	45 Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Kolkata - 700 013.
•	North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC.):	14 Chandni Chowk, Kolkata.
•	South Bengal State Transport Corporation (SBSTC):	Esplanade, Kolkata.
•	West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation (WBSTC):	37 D.P. Sashmal Road, Kolkata - 700040.
•	Automobile Association of Eastern India:	3 Promothesh Barua Sarani, Kolkata.