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.

International carriers connect Calcutta with Rome, London, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Dubai, New York, Osaka, Moscow, Kathmandu and Dhaka.
 

RAIL

Calcutta is connected on Eastern Railways with other cities by the following trains: Delhi-Kalka Mail; Howrah- Amritsar Mail; Mumbai Mail via Allahabad; Poorva (New Delhi) Express via Patna/Gaya-Varanasi; Rajdhani Express via Gaya/Patna. South Eastern Railways with other cities in India by the following trains: Madras Mail, Mumbai Mail via Nagpur; Gitanjali (Mumbai) Express; Coromandel (Chennai) Express via Cuttack; Tata Steel Express; Ranchi Hatia Express; Puri Express via Cuttack. From Sealdah, Teesta-Torsa Express; Darjeeling Mail; Kanchenjunga (New Jalpaiguri) Express, Jammu Tawi Express.
 

Calcutta is connected by an extensive network ot national highways with major cities and towns of tourist interest nearby.

Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CSTC) operates buses to different places to Rampurhat via Santiniketan or via Krishnanagar   Berhampore to Vishnupur via Kamarpukur - Jairambait or via Tarakeswar, to Digha, to Bakreswar via Santiniketan, to Namkhana (for Bakkhali) via Diamond Harbour. CSTC Booking Office at Esplanade Bus Terminus Tel: 2481916. Booking Office Tel: 2430706 (Es- planade), 3521687 (Ultadanga)
 
 

ROAD ROUTES

BETLA NATIONAL PARK (via Ranchi) 575 km
Kharagpur 132 - Bohargora 68 - Ghatsila 43 - Ranchi 165 -  Kuru 55 - Khudia Morh 100   Betla 12

BHUBANESWAR 499 km (See Gopalpur-on-sea)
BODH GAYA - Gaya
DARJEELING 686 km
Barasat 28 - Ranaghat 54 - Krishnagar 34 - Berhampore 95 - Malda 138 - Rajgung 76 - Dalkhola 49 - Islampur 59 - Siliguri 73 - Darjeeling 80

DIGHA 185 km
Kolaghat 74 - Norghat 35 - Digha 76

GANGTOK (via Siliguri) 720 km
Silguri 606 - Teesta Bazar 53 - Rangpo 22 - Gangtok 39
GOPALPUR-ON-SEA (via Bhubaneswar) 682 km
Kharagpur 132 - Balasore 172 - Cuttack 170 - Bhubaneswar 25 - Konark 89 - Khurda 25 - Balugaon 60 - Rambha 30 - Berhampore 52 - Gopalpur-on-Sea 16

GUWAHATl (via Siliguri) 1081 km
Siliguri 606 - Jalpaiguri 44 - Dhupguri 31 - Madarihat 40 - Khatajan 57 - Srirampur 30 - Sehiril 70 - Barpeta Road 74   Rangia 81 - Guwahati 48

HAZARIBAGH 500 km
Kharagpur 132 - Bohargora 68 - Ghatsila 43 - Dimna Morh 42 - Ranchi 124 - Ramgarh 43 - Domotand 28 - Hazaribagh 20

KATHMANDU (via Siliguri) 1170 km
Siliguri 606 - Kakarbhita 37 - Itahari 91 - Lahan 107 - Dhalkebar 58 - Lalbandi 34 - Pethlaya 75 - Hetanda 28 - Mahabir 37 - Kathmandu 97
KONARK 563 km

NALANDA (also Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Rajgir, Pawapuri) 569 km Pandua 70 - Galsi 71 - Durgapur 41 - Sitarampur 51 - Govindpur 41 - Bagdogra 76 - Barhi 50 - Dobhi 60 - Bodh Gaya 22 - Gaya 8 - Hisuau 44 - Rajgir 22 - Nalanda 13 - (Pawapuri 18)

PATNA 545 km
Pandua 70 - Galsi 71 - Durgapur 41 - Asansol 40 - Barakar 16 - Govindpur 32 - Bagdogra 26 - Barhi 50 - Nawada 86 - Bakhtiyarpur 65 - Patna 48

SANTINIKETAN 213 km
Chinsura 64 - Burdwan 49 - Panagarh 51 - Santiniketan 47
SILIGURI 606 Km
VARANASI 681 km
Pandua 70 - Galsi 71 - Durga pur 41 - Bagdogra 76 - Barhi 50 - Dobhi 60 - Dehir-on-Son 86 - Mughalsarai 120 - Varanasi 15 - Govindpur 92
VISHNUPUR 151 km
Arambagh 96 - Vishnupur 55

RANCHl 490 km
Kharagpur 132   Bohargora 68   Ghatsila 43 - Dimna Mosh 42 - Bendri 86 - Ranchi 38.