Kolkata to Bālurghāt

The fastest journey from Kolkata to Bālurghāt takes 4h 21m door to door, of which 2h 34m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 9m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

The cheapest fare from Kolkata to Bālurghāt is €37.19, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €70.19. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

The cheapest way from Kolkata to Bālurghāt is by train, at €37.19 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 25m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

The fastest way from Kolkata to Bālurghāt is by train, at 4h 25m door to door. Only 2h 34m of that is spent moving; the remaining 1h 51m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €37.19.

Fares from Kolkata to Bālurghāt bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €40.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 205 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kolkata to Bālurghāt, at €48.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kolkata to Bālurghāt, at €32.23 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

3 operators sell services from Kolkata to Bālurghāt across 2 modes: Eastern Railway, Indian Railway, IndiGo Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

0 percent of the services we sell from Kolkata to Bālurghāt are direct. The rest connect at Shāntipur, Siliguri, Baharampur, with about 67 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Travelling from Kolkata to Bālurghāt by train produces about 11.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 105.7 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.

Services from Kolkata to Bālurghāt by train leave from Kolkata railway station and arrive at Balurghat railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

2 of the 3 operators we sell from Kolkata to Bālurghāt allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.