IIIT Kalyani

How to reach

How to Reach IIIT Kalyani

Best possible routes from Howrah, Santragachi, Shalimar, and Sealdah

Howrah / Santragachi / Shalimar → Sealdah → Kalyani

The most preferred route is Howrah - Sealdah - Kalyani. Alternatively, if you have connectivity to Bandel / Naihati, you can take the Howrah-Bandel-Naihati-Kalyani route.

Howrah to Sealdah:

From Howrah get a prepaid taxi from the taxi stand to Sealdah railway station (you may book an ola or uber cab). You can also take Metro line to reach sealdah
Buses can also be preferred. Beside the Howrah station(towards the old Howrah bridge) you will get a number of buses to Sealdah. You may reach Sealdah in half an hour or more depending upon the traffic(this route has heavy traffic). If you are at Santragachi or Shalimar you can get a prepaid taxi or a bus directly to sealdah.

Howrah Station

Sealdah to Kalyani:

From Sealdah, several local trains go towards Kalyani. Some of them include:

  • Kalyani Simanta local
  • Shantipur local
  • Gede local
  • Ranaghat local
  • Krishnanagar city local
  • Lalgola passenger

Travel time is about 1 hour. All trains stop at Kalyani station.

Sealdah Station

KALYANI STATION TO IIIT KALYANI:

As you will leave the premise of Kalyani Railway Station, you should be able to find public transports (mostly TATA Magic, beware usually e-rickshaws would not take you to Webel IT Park), towards your right. They will drop you right in front of the gate of Webel IT Park. You can also get buses to Buddha park at the same place. From Buddha park walk on to the Kalyani Barrackpore highway and then turn to your left and walk straight (650m). You will reach your destination.

Sealdah Station

Howrah - Bandel - Naihati - Kalyani Route:

HOWRAH TO BANDEL:

You will get a lot of locals and trains available towards Bandel from the Howrah Junction. Here are some trains for this stop:

  • Bardhaman local
  • Bandel local
  • Katwa Local
  • Memari local

BANDEL TO NAIHATI:

After reaching Bandel Jn. You have to get a train to Naihati Jn. There are a lot of trains to Naihati. A few of them are:

  • Bandel-Naihati EMU
  • Bardhaman-Sealdah EMU
  • Katwa-Sealdah EMU

NAIHATI TO KALYANI:

Naihati is just 3 stops away from Kalyani. This is an intermediate stop for local trains which run between Sealdah and Kalyani mention in the Sealdah To Kalyani route above. You can get any of the train listed above and follow the post above Kalyani Station To IIIT Kalyani.

Airport to IIIT Kalyani:

From the airport you have to reach Dum Dum and then you can travel to Kalyani.
If you opt for the bus route: You can get a lot of buses to Dum Dum junction from the Airport Gate No. 1 Bus Stop, Jessore Rd.
If you opt for the rail route: The nearest station at the airport is the Biman Bandar(550m) and the next nearest station to it is Durganagar(2.7km). From Biman Bandar you can get only 3 locals whose details are given below:

From Durganagar there are 72 locals running towards Dum Dum. All the locals to Sealdah pass through Dum Dum. (To know the details of the local trains running between these stations Click here )

(You can take a prepaid taxi to reach Dum Dum railway station). After coming to Dum Dum Jn you will get many locals running towards Kalyani. Further route has been mentioned above.