The Different Travelling Routes From Chennai To Kolkata

By Author: Rashmiranjan Patil
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Chennai formerly known as Madras lies on the east coast of India and is the capital of the State of Tamil Nadu. With a population of nearly 87 lakhs including suburbs it is the fourth most populous Indian city. Chennai is famous for music, art and culture. Many heavy, automobile, telecom and electronic industries are located here. Chennai's Marina Beach is the second largest urban beach in the world and Guindy National Park is the only urban national park of India. Other major tourist attractions are Fort St George, Valluvar Kottam, Eliot's Beach, Kapaleswar Temple and Mamallapuram Temple among others.

Kolkata the capital of the state of West Bengal lies on the east bank of Hooghly River. City with a population of around 4.5 million is administered by Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Kolkata port is the oldest major port in India. Many companies like Coal India Ltd, ITC Ltd and Britannia Industries are located here. Main tourist attractions of Kolkata include three bridges across Hooghly, Kalighat, Victoria Memorial, Indian Botanical Gardens and Dakshineswar Temple among others.

Chennai is a part of the ‘Golden ...
... Quadrilateral’ of Indian Highways with NH4, 5, 45 and 205 passing through it. NH2, 5 and 6 connect Kolkata with other cities. Distance by road from Chennai to Kolkata via NH5 and NH6 is 1671 km and can be covered by 25 hours driving. From Chennai take Perambur Barracks road (1.7 km) and Erukkucheri High road (2.8 km) to be on NH5. After NH5 (546.8 km), via Rajamundhry road (17.5 km), Narsapuram road (7.5 km), NH5 again (178 km), Visakhapatnam bypass (26.4 km), NH2 (502 km), NH60 (118 km), Kharagpur bypass (1.7 km), NH6 (101 km), NH117 (6.8 km), SH6 (1.1 km) and Howrah Bridge reach Kolkata. Taxi cabs charge Rs 31169/- to 33500/- for a round trip from Chennai to Kolkata. There are no direct bus services from Chennai to Kolkata.

Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore are the main Railway stations in Chennai. In Kolkata Howrah junction, Sealdah and Shalimar junction are used by long distance trains. There are 12 direct express and superfast trains to travel from Chennai to Kolkata. Distance is 1661 km and average running time is 29 hours. Trains, Guwahati- Bangalore Express, Guwahati- Ernakulam Express and Guwahati- Trivandrum Express take minimum time of 27 hour 10 minutes.

'Kamaraj' Terminal of Chennai airport handles domestic flights. Kolkata’s Netaji Subash Chandra Bose airport is 17 km away from city centre. Direct flights from Chennai to Kolkata are operated by Spicejet, Indigo airlines, Jet Konnect and Air India with an average flight time of 2 hour 10 minutes. Fares range from Rs 7821/- for economy to Rs 29170/- for Business class. Comfort Inn Marina Towers Chennai and Fairlawn Hotel Kolkata could be tried for south Indian food and for east India food.