Bālurghāt to Kolkata runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €38.84, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 40m over 456 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €38.84, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026
€38.84
- 144%Moves across the booking window
144%When it runs, leaving Bālurghāt
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €93.29Thu24
- about €109.79Fri25
- about €75.69Sat26
- about €89.44Sun27
- about €75.69Mon28
- about €61.94Tue29
- about €56.44Wed30
- about €60.84Thu1
- about €55.34Fri2
- about €62.49Sat3
- about €64.14Sun4
- about €49.84Mon5
- about €49.84Tue6
- about €45.44Wed7
- about €58.09Thu8
- about €48.19Fri9
- about €56.44Sat10
- about €53.14Sun11
- about €38.84Mon12
- about €44.34Tue13
- about €43.79Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Kolkata. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Kolkata for the night the train gets in
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When to book Bālurghāt to Kolkata
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.9490 days
- €38.2960 days
- €45.4445 days
- €43.7930 days
- €43.7921 days
- €45.4414 days
- €56.447 days
- €75.693 days
- €93.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €38.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 144 percent. The most expensive point is €93.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bālurghāt to Kolkata and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
456 km
299 km as the crow flies, 53% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
153,279 → 4,631,392
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 456 km against 299 km in a straight line, a detour of 53 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Baharampur, Siliguri, Shāntipur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 84 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Kolkata is large, and the road in from CCU can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Kolkata
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kolkata costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Kolkata railway station
Most of the points near Kolkata railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Bālurghāt to Kolkata
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Bālurghāt to Kolkata?
The fastest journey from Bālurghāt to Kolkata takes 4h 40m door to door, of which 2h 31m 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.
How much does it cost to travel from Bālurghāt to Kolkata?
The cheapest fare from Bālurghāt to Kolkata is €38.84, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €65.79. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bālurghāt to Kolkata?
The cheapest way from Bālurghāt to Kolkata is by train, at €38.84 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 4h 42m 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.
When should I book Bālurghāt to Kolkata?
Fares from Bālurghāt to Kolkata bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €38.29. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 144 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bālurghāt to Kolkata?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bālurghāt to Kolkata, at €45.44. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bālurghāt to Kolkata?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bālurghāt to Kolkata, at €38.84 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.
Who runs service from Bālurghāt to Kolkata?
3 operators sell services from Bālurghāt to Kolkata across 1 mode: 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.
Is there a direct service from Bālurghāt to Kolkata?
0 percent of the services we sell from Bālurghāt to Kolkata are direct. The rest connect at Baharampur, Siliguri, Shāntipur, with about 84 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Bālurghāt to Kolkata use?
Services from Bālurghāt to Kolkata by train leave from Balurghat railway station and arrive at Kolkata 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.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bālurghāt to Kolkata?
2 of the 3 operators we sell from Bālurghāt to Kolkata 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.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bālurghāt to Kolkata on September 23, 2026: 456 km of route against 299 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €38.84, and 4h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Kolkata a set of days out that do not start at a station.
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The two ends, compared
Bālurghāt reaches 17 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 299 km. Kolkata reaches 181 places in 21 countries, from 41 to 12,574 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bālurghāt
- 17Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 1Operators
2
1Arriving in Kolkata
Leaving Kolkata
- 181Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 26Operators