Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal. It is the Cultural capital of India and is the major business, finance hub in Eastern India. The Kolkata municipality and metropolitan area has a whopping population of more than 15 million people making it the 3rd most populous urban area in India. Besides this, it is the 8th largest urban agglomeration in whole world. This busy city is situated in the bank of river Hooghly.
The former Indian capital has some famous places within the city that attracts tourists. They are Victoria Memorial, Howrah bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, Vidyasagar Setu, Dakshineshwar Temple, Science City, Eden Garden Stadium, Shantiniketan, Birla Planetorium, Kalighat etc.
Cities near Kolkata:
Kolkata is the major destination of Eastern India. The city is connected with North east cities like Guwahai, Agartala, Silchar, Aizawl, Itanagar, Kohima, Shillong, Dimapur, Dispur through road and airways. Darjeeling, Gangtok, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Raipur, Bhopal are also accessible from Kolkata.
Transport:
Kolkata city has an extensive transportation. The whole city is connected through Public transportation like buses, trams, cars, taxis, private conveyances, boats, ferries, railways and metros. Kolkata is only Indian city with tram. The city also boasts of first underground Metro in India.
Kolkata has 2 of the India and world's busiest railway stations, Howrah and Sealdah. While Howrah basically operates railway service to Southern Indian cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mysore, Tiruvananthapuram etc. The Sealdah railway operate rail service to Northern and Western Indian cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Pune, Bhopal etc. There other railway stations such as Shalimar and Chitpur.
Beside these transportation means, the city has a busy port, Haldia beside Kolkata docks.
Kolkata is also served by an International Airport.
Kolkata International Airport:
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International airport serves the residents of Kolkata metropolis. Not only this, the entire North East commuters depend on this international airport to connect with the rest of Indian Mainland. The airhub is situated 17 km away from main city. There are cabs, taxis, cars, buses that will take you to the airport located in Dum Dum city. The airport is the hub for Indian Airlines, Kingfisher, Jetlite, Indigo, SpiceJet, Blue Dart operating daily flights nationally as well as internationally.
There are several cheap direct flights to Kolkata. Frequent fliers, students and budget travelers will be benefited most from cheap direct flights to and from Kolkata.
Airlines Linked to Kolkata:
- Air Asia
- Thai Airways
- Singapore Airlines
- Kingfisher Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Druk Air
- China Eastern Airlines
- Emirates
- GMG
- Indian Airlines
- Air India Regional
- Air India Express
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines
