Public transport is provided by the
Kolkata suburban railway, the
Kolkata Metro,
trams and buses. The suburban network is extensive and extends into the distant suburbs. The
Kolkata Metro, run by the
Indian Railways, is the oldest underground
rapid transit system in India since 1984.
[115] It spans the north-south length of the city covering a distance of 25.1 km (16 mi).
[116] Five more lines of the Metro rail, which are under construction, will help in creating a network of rapid transit system in the city.
[117] Kolkata has three major long distance
railway stations at
Howrah,
Sealdah and
Kolkata (Chitpur), which connects Kolkata by rail to most cities in West Bengal, as well as
Delhi,
Mumbai,
Chennai,
Ahmedabad,
Hyderabad,
Bangalore, and other major cities in India.
[118] The city is the headquarters of two divisions of the Indian Railways —
Eastern Railway and
South Eastern Railway.
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